Thomas Cooper

Born 17 Jul 1948 - Died 11 Oct 1970

Service number: Vietnam 482859 AWMM
Also known as: Thomas Cooper AWMM
Tom AWMM
Armed force / branch: Army AWMM
Last rank: Vietnam Private AWMM Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR), 1st Battalion, Whiskey 3 Company, 3 Platoon AWMM
War: Regular Military Service AWMM
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM

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External links: Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Tuakau War Memorial Hall.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tuakau-first-world-war-memorial
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Tom Cooper Vietnam Remembrance pages
http://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/story_1.htm#cooper
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Vietnam.govt.nz. Website. Personal page.
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/pte-t-cooper
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VietnamWar.govt.nz
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
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New Zealand History online. New Zealand and the Vietnam War.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/vietnam-war
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W3 Company, RNZIR - Vietnam 1969-1970. Website
http://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/
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Australia's Vietnam War
https://web.archive.org/web/20241003003021/https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
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Pine, Madison. Bobby Newson. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 29 October 2021
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/newson
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References: Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co.
Information kindly provided by family
Armoury, Auckland Museum - Vertical file under Cooper, Thomas - NZ Herald article 25.4.1998
McGibbon, I.C. (2010). New Zealand's Vietnam War: a history of combat, commitment and controversy. Auckland, N.Z.: Exisle
NZ Herald article 25.4.1998. is factually incorrect, source has agreed his memory was mistaken
Public - Bruce - Researcher - 21 August 2022 - I interviewed Ian Herd during research into Pte Cooper's death, updated details are included in the www.w3RNZIR.org.nz article. Family also advised and accepted the W3 research as accurate. Background - Ian Herd was badly wounded in the same incident and his recollections were affected by his injuries. When I showed him the recollections of other veterans present at the accident he accepted their details as the truth.

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