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Joseph William Radford

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Plaque at Hillcrest Cemetery

Joseph William Radford

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph William AWMM
  • Surname
    Radford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Joseph William Radford AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 539244 AWMM
    • Vietnam 539244 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 February 1940 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Malaya Burnham Military Camp 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Buried at Whakatane

    Memorial Flag - Presented to family at Whakatane on 22 November 1989. Scrapbook to wife 30 August 1997

    Killed in action - sustained fatal shrapnel wounds from enemy mines.

    Killed in action, 23 July 1969 – mine at Ap Lo Gom on Route 44. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 July 1969 Cemetery Record
    Age 29 AWMM
    Vietnam, Southeast Asia Cemetery Record
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty AWMM Plot, RSA Block W AWMM
    • Hillcrest Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, Hall of Memories. Vietnam. AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Australia's Vietnam War
    https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • 1NZR Roll 1961-1963 - Bill Russell, Malayan Veterans Association Scrapbook – 40th Anniversary edition. AWMM
    • DECEASED, 1 NZ Regiment, 1961-63 – Internet resource. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 2 1962-1963- Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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