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Cedric Basil Christiansen

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cedric Basil AWMM
  • Surname
    Christiansen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    621450 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 December 1932 BDM 2021/24619
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Member of the 1RNZIR Band – The “Originals.” From 1st April 1964 - 1965. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 August 2021 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Passed away peacefully on 26 August 2021. Aged 88. Co.1 Battalion RNZIR Malaysian Army Band 621450. Much loved husband of Valmai. Loved Dad of Robyn and Paul, Mark, Kay and John and the late Wendy. Loved Poppa to all his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Step-dad to Charles, Brian, Allan and Sandra. "Always loved, never forgotten." AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM

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