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Gilbert Arthur Dampier

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"Members of the 1st New Zealand Services Medical Team outside the hospital at Bong Son, cica January 1970. Back row (left to right): Gordon Watt, Tom Neve, Ian Blakeway, Arthur Norris, 'Blue' Stuart, Alan Earl, Brian McMahon, Owen Snelling, Bob Maitland, Eugene Clements, Gilbert Dampier. Front row (left to right): Len Thompson, Tony Lancaster, Alan White, Dennis Manson, Lindsay Grenfell, Peter Stitt, 'Barney' Bowen. Image provided by Tom Neve, VietnamWar.govt.nz. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions. "

"Members of the 1st New Zealand Services Medical Team outside the hospital at Bong Son, cica January …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gilbert Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Dampier AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 3011063 AWMM
    • Vietnam 78644 AWMM
    • Vietnam H78644 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 January 1925 AWMM Liverpool, Lancashire AWMM
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) AWMM
      Member of the Order of British Empire (MBE) Gilbert Arthur Dampier H78644. Warrant Officer. Royal NZ Air Force N Z Services Medical Team CITATION – New Year Honours January 1977 Warrant Officer Dampier joined the RNZAF in 1957 as a State Registered Nurse. He previously served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War as an air gunner and is currently a senior medical assistant. He has seen service with the RNZAF in Singapore, with the ophthalmic team in South East Asia and with the New Zealand Medical Services Team in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam in 1969. Throughout this service, he has given service beyond the normal call of duty and has worked long hours to enhance the effectiveness of service provided by the units to which he has been attached. Warrant Officer Dampier’s loyalty and devotion to the improvement of the health and wellbeing of personnel has been a feature of his service. He has handled tasks with expedition and efficiency, yet in his dealings with patients and staff he has always managed to apply the human touch which has earned him a high level of respect in his specialist field. Notes to Citation Born Liverpool, England 27 Jan 1925. RAF 14 Nov 1943 to 20 May 1946. RNZAF 27 Jun 1957 to 17 Dec 1978. During his World War 2 service with the RAF, Flight Sgt Dampier served as a Parachute Jump Master with 117 Sqn RAF (Dakota) completing 190 sorties dropping personnel and supplies to advance Army units in Burma. In 1965, He was a member of the four-man RNZAF Ophthalmic Surgical team, led by Gp Capt Randal Elliott, touring Singapore, Malaya, Sarawak and Thailand, being awarded the Chief of Air Staff’s Commendation in Nov 1965 for his services to the team. AWMM
    • 1939-1945 Star AWMM
    • Burma Star AWMM
    • Defence Medal AWMM
    • War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
    • Vietnam Medal AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal AWMM
    • South Vietnamese Campaign Medal (1960- clasp) AWMM
    • New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Medical Technician/Military 14 Squadron (R20220122)
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Prisoner of war

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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 Betty Holden

    Regular Service in the UK

    Saw service in WW2 with the 4th Combat Cargo Task Force, Burma, 1943-45

    Malayan Emergency, Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner), 117 Squadron RAF

    Vietnam, Sergeant in Joint Services Medical Team 1969-70

    Served in RNZAF 1957-1978. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 December 2004 AWMM
    Age 75 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
    27/12/2004 Public - Robin - Child - 27 June 2016 - He is my father, These things I know
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  • Place of death
    Silbury Rest Home, Darfield, Canterbury Public - Robin - Child - 27 June 2016 - He is my father, These things I know
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  • Cemetery
    St Saviours Anglican Churchyard , Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    St Saviours. Kirk Road, Templeton Public - Robin - Child - 27 June 2016 - He is my father, These things I know
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  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, December 2004 AWMM
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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
    • 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
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      p. 152 AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
      p. 272 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. 307 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: December 2004 AWMM
    • McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb. AWMM
    • Manning - Adjustments to Strengths - RNZAF Bases and Units - 14 Squadron (1965-1967). Archives New Zealand, Wellington ABFK W4266 7281 Box 211 (R20220122) AWMM

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