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Alfred Edward Carlson

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Dad on patrol in a jungle somewhere in Malaya in 1958 serving in 1st Batallion. He appears to be brandishing an SLR rifle.

Alfred Edward (Ted) Carlson, Malaya 1958

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Carlson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ted AWMM
  • Service number
    Malaya 326838 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 April 1932 Family source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

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
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Alice.

    The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (RSA) membership card is held by the Albertland & Districts Museum. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    23 June 2009 RSA Last Post
    Age 77 AWMM
    Stanmore Bay, Whangaparoa RSA Last Post
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wellsford Cemetery, 80 School Road, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM Plot 41, Row C, Section 1, Returned Servicemen's Ash Area AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Albertland & Districts Museum, Memorial Park, Wellsford, New Zealand
    http://www.albertland.co.nz/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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

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25 April 2017Damian JohnAuckland, New ZealandChild

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