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Eru Ihaka Manuera

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Photograph of Captain Eru Ihaka Manuera 304479. Image kindly provided by Kiri Manuera (April 2018). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Captain Eru Ihaka Manuera 304479. Image kindly provided by Kiri Manuera (April 2018). …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eru Ihaka AWMM
  • Surname
    Manuera AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 304479 AWMM
    • Malaya 304479 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 January 1938 AWMM Kaitaia, Northland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Malaya Putaruru AWMM
  • 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

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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  • Attended Kaitaia College. Husband of Diana; father of Eru, Mark, Kiri, Lisa.

    Awarded MC in Borneo. Kaumatua for Vietnam Veterans for many years.

    Photo of Lt E.I. Manuera in The Officers, 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Terendak Camp, Malaysia 1967) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 August 2012 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
    Timaru, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: Dominion Post, 18 August 2012 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • https://sites.google.com/a/kaitaiacollege.school.nz/graduations/home/services/vietnam-vets
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  • A loving uncle and highly respected man.
    Public - Ra - Other Relative - 15 May 2015
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Sources

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
      Subritsky, M. (Compiler). (1995). p. 282 AWMM
    • Crosby, R.D. (2011). NZSAS: the first fifty years. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin. AWMM
      Crosby, R. (2011) p. 144-51, 148, 178, 187, 264-6, 410 AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
    • Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) 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
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 2 1962-1963- Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 December 2019Kiri AnnPerth, Western AustraliaChild
15 May 2015Ra Melbourne, AustraliaOther Relative

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