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Russell Williden Kerr Ainge

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Russell Williden Kerr AWMM
  • Surname
    Ainge AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Fish Eyes AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 800105 AWMM
    • Vietnam 30140 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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  • Birth
    14 May 1921 Public Source
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    • WW2 9 Sealy Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 9 Sealy Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs Zealandia Mary Ainge (mother), 9 Sealy Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs Zealandia Mary Ainge (mother), 9 Sealy Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Son of William Gilbert Horace Ainge and of Zealandia Mary Ainge (nee Kerr), of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.

    Five brothers served in WW2: Russell Williden Kerr Ainge (800105), Alan Oswald Ainge (43769) died of wounds, Joseph (Joe) John Ainge (45239); William David Ainge (4423) and Raymond George Ainge (NZ436128) RNZAF and RNZNVR (UK).

    Served in Malaya, 1957-1959. Source: A. Polaschek, New Zealand Malaya Veterans Association.

    Comdr NZFORSEA based in Singapore. Died while on release leave, location of burial unknown.

    Photo of Maj R.W.K. Ainge in The Officers, 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Nyasa Camp, Malaya 1958)

    Photo of Maj R.W.K. Ainge in The Officers, 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Sobraon Camp, Malaya 1959) AWMM
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  • Death
    23 March 1976 Cemetery Record
    Age 54 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury Cemetery Record
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    Waimairi Cemetery, Grahams Road, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Lawn Plot 363 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 11: WW2 3 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 3 AWMM
    • Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) 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
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 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
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). 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

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