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Geoffrey Bernard Braybrooke

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Geoffrey Bernard AWMM
  • Surname
    Braybrooke AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Geoff AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 36447 AWMM
    • Vietnam 36447 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Vietnam Soldier/Military AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Cancer AWMM

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Biographical information

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  • Husband of Janice, Elizabeth; father of Christine, Jackie

    Immigrated from England, where he had been an Army medic and a policeman

    He was an MP from 1981 to 2002 in the Napier electorate and at one time Deputy Speaker.

    Service: Levin.

    Awarded the Queens Service Order (QSO) in 2002 'For Public Service'.

    Served in 1 NZ Regt 1957-59 as RAP NCO. Was a JP in Dunedin. Served in NZ Army 1957-1972. Was MP 1981-2002.
    Vietnam War Oral History Project interviewee. Interview and transcript held at the Alexander Turnbull Library Oral History Centre in Wellington, New Zealand. Reference: OHInt-0959-06. Died and ashes buried in The Avenue Cemetery, Levin - RSA Ashes plot 433 AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    8 March 2013 Cemetery Record
    Age 77 AWMM
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Cemetery Record
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  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    The Avenue Cemetery, Avenue North Road, Levin, New Zealand AWMM RSA Block, Ashes Plot 433 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 March 2013 AWMM
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Sources

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    • Who's who in New Zealand (1951-1991). Wellington, N.Z. ; Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM
      p. 76 AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
      Subritsky, M. (Compiler). (1995). Page 269 AWMM
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
      p. 183. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: 12 March 2013 AWMM
    • 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
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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