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English Māori

Ian Herbert Cunningham

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ian Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Cunningham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Slim AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 11583 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 March 1930 Chamberlain Greymouth, Grey District Chamberlain
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Post WW2 1947 AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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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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  • Husband of Ethne

    Royal New Zealand Artillery, 161 Battery. Battery Guide in 1965 and 1967

    Two TOD in Vietnam. Served as battery guide 8.10.1967 to 13.10.1968 and qualifies for Australian UCG for FSB Coral and Balmoral. Second TOD 1970. Buried in Dunedin. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    23 October 2011 AWMM
    Dunedin, Otago AWMM
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, AWMM
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Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Newman, S.D. (1988). Vietnam gunners : 161 Battery, South Vietnam, 1965-71. Tauranga, N.Z.: Moana Press. AWMM
      Newman, S.D. (1988). p.133 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1. 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
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