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Ross Lithgow Ewing

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Dr AWMM
  • Forenames
    Ross Lithgow AWMM
  • Surname
    Ewing AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 80569 AWMM
    • Vietnam A80569 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 February 1944 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
    22 February 1944 Public - John - Researcher - 15 June 2021 - Military records
  • 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
    Vietnam 9 January 1962 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Raewyn

    Served in Vietnam with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Rank - Flight Lieutenant.

    Served in RNZAF 1962-1989. Forward Air Controller (FAC) attached to US 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Bien Hoa, 4 to 24 January 1969. (31 missions, 48 hrs)

    Also served in the RNZAF fron 1 October 1980 to 22 September 1989

    MBChB. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 August 2012 AWMM
    Age 68 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 15 August 2012 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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
      Subritzky, M. (1995). p.273 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 15 August 2012 AWMM

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15 June 2021JohnPerth WAResearcher

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