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Robert Tahatu Whaitiri Hadfield

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Portrait Robert T. W. Hadfield’s (826451). Courtesy of Hadfield family. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait Robert T. W. Hadfield’s (826451). Courtesy of Hadfield family. Image may be subject to copy …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Tahatu Whaitiri AWMM
  • Surname
    Hadfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Robert Tahutu Whaitiri Hadfield AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 826451 AWMM
    • Vietnam 82645 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 February 1939 Whanau Christchurch, Canterbury Whanau
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    1958 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Malaya 17 August 1959 Military ID
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • 2 April 1964 AWMMHeight, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 7 inches AWMM
    • 2 April 1964 AWMMEye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • 2 April 1964 AWMMHair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Black AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Barbara Susan Hadfield.

    Served in New Zealand 17 August 1959 - 13 August 1963
    Served overseas 14 August 1963 - 8 December 1964
    Served in New Zealand 9 December 1964 - 17 September 1966
    Served overseas 18 September 1966 - 27 January 1967
    Served in New Zealand 28 January 1967 - 14 February 1967

    Served in 1RNZIR 1963/65then with 161 Bty 1966/67. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 March 2014 Whanau, death notice
    Age 75 AWMM
    Whanau, death notice
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM Ashes interred in family plot AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Tena koe e koro, nga mihi atu kia koe, arohanui
    Public - Shannan - Other relative - 4 May 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • 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
    • Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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04 May 2016Shannan oTautahiOther relative
08 August 2015karenaucklandChild

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