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Russell Williden Kerr Ainge

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Identity

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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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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 May 1921 Public Source
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
    • 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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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
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  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 800105 AWMM
    • Vietnam 30140 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    • Major, 1 Bn NZ Regiment 1957/59, Malaya. Public - Roscoe - Researcher - 26 January 2020 - 1 Bn RNZIR Dieppe Barracks Association history annuals – Nat Arch WA-M2, Series 2/1
    • Colonel - Commanding Officer - NZ Force - South East Asia (Singapore/Malaysia) Public - Roscoe - Researcher - 26 January 2020 - https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/col-rwk-ainge

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
    • Mentioned in Despatches (MID) - 14Jun60 - in recognition
      of gallant and distinguished services in Malaya for the period 1st July to 31st 'December 1959. Public - Roscoe - Researcher - 26 January 2020 - London Gazette; 14Jun60 pg4146
    • Ordinary Officer of the Military Division of the - Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) - 3Jun72 Public - Roscoe - Researcher - 4 March 2021 - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45680/supplement/6294

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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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. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    23 March 1976 Cemetery Record
    Age 54 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury Cemetery Record
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  • Cemetery
    Waimairi Cemetery, Grahams Road, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Lawn Plot 363 AWMM
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  • https://billiongraves.com/grave/Russell-Williden-Kerr-Ainge/15826340
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Sources

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  • Documents
    • 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. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM

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