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Owen Edward Mann

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A COY 1NZ REGT: MALAYA 1963. Back Row: L-R JH Albert, Pte PC Fraser, Pte CJ Wicholson, Pte O Haddon, L/Cpl GF Chapman, Pte RJ Smith, Pte SF Ashby, Pte PE Savage, Pte PR Wichtman, Pte DB TeMoni, Pte TJL Phillips, Pte LG Laverty, Pte CJS Topia, Cpl T Dickson, Pte SG Shepherd, Pte RL Fosbender Fourth Row: L-R Pte RK Tuhaka, Pte R Mathews, Cpl RT Christie, Pte FP Gage, Pte R Wilson, Pte E Phillips, L/cpl RJ Hughes, Pte PC Hawkins, Pte GC Watson, Pte GM Jones, Pte AR Peters, Pte TKC Harrison, Pte AF Baker, L/cpl CL Mackie, Pte RL Baker, Cpl LD Hornbrook, Pte NB Turvey, Pte KJ Edney L/cpl RK Wicksteed Third Row: L-R L/cpl N Gardner, Pte W Anderson, Pte LF Cootes, Pte J George, Pte AW Hopwood, Pte J Panoho, Pte MG Wolland, Pte MP Ngahoota, Pte R Tauroa, Pte PW Wharehingam Pte BE Cribb, Pte AG Crowe, Pte JHT Manihera, Pte HD Manihera, Pte GCD Wolland, Pte TR Rangitonga, Pte ME Thomson, Pte R Davies, Pte Taipari, Pte KM Williams, Pte RC Lennane Second Bow: L-R Pte MJH Sheehan, Pte WH Morris, Cpl W Paipa, Cpl A Apiata, Cpl S Morunga, Pte B Clotworthy, Pte W Puketapu, Pte JR Brown, Pte J Poutawa, Pte B Needham, Pte LW Oakwell, Pte H Hamilton, Pte R Christie, Pte LU Potaka, L/cpl JM Delaney, Pte JG Stevenson, Pte LH Healey, L/cpl H Timu, Pte JEB Featonby, Pte ME Dawson, Pte R Ngatai First Row: L-R L/cpl KN Thom, Pte BJ Sargent, Pte AS Dixon, Pte RKK TePuni, Sgt MC MacDonald, S/sgt DJ McFarlane, Lt WPB Brady, Lt PDR Browne, Capt RV Richards, Maj J Brooke, WOII DF Williams, Lt NA Kotua, 2Lt MJS Winton, Sgt AJ Don, Sgt M Ranginui, Pte BT Thompson, Pte WP Blacklock, L/cpl TE McLean, Cpl R Day. Image kindly provided by Bill Russell, Vice President of the Malayan Veterans Association (December 2020).

A COY 1NZ REGT: MALAYA 1963. Back Row: L-R JH Albert, Pte PC Fraser, Pte CJ Wicholson, Pte O Haddon, …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Owen Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Mann AWMM
  • Ingoa
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  • Service number
    • Malaya 818065 AWMM
    • Vietnam 818065 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

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  • Birth
    3 October 1931 AWMM
  • Date of birth
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    Malaya Burnham Military Camp AWMM
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Biographical information

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    Photo of Lt O.E. Mann in The Officers, 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Sobraon Camp, Malaya 1959)

    Photo of Capt O.E. Mann in The Officers, 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Terendak Camp, Malaya 1965) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    6 May 2012 NZH 8/5/12
    Age 80 AWMM
    Australia NZH 8/5/12
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    Cremated AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 8 May 2012 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
    • RSA review: the official journal of the N.Z. Returned Services' Association AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Malayan Veterans Assn. (2004-). Selamat : Newsletter of the Malayan Veterans' Association Inc. AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 2 1962-1963- Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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