Deceased New Zealand Anzac Battalions Command and Support Vietnam veterans

Since 1972, a significant number of personnel have passed away following their military service for the New Zealand Defence Force in South Vietnam during years from 1964 to 1972.

An official nominal roll was never maintained of personnel who served for New Zealand Defence Force during the Vietnam war. It was by chance a military officer intercepted pay books on their way to destruction. From those books the officer created an unofficial nominal roll listing those who served and with which sub-unit. Some names on the list are repeated within various sub-units where an individual served more than one tour of duty.

A count of all names determined that just over 3200 personnel actually served, given those with two or more tours of duty.

The purpose of this site is to list deceased New Zealand Defence Force personnel following their service in South Vietnam in order that a pattern of causation can be determined, such as deaths from cancers. The listing is on the basis of:

Service number
Last name
Initials
Age
Sub-unit
Reported cause of death [Causation]
Year of death
Other reported medical conditions

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Anzac Battalions Command and Support

Total served: 000

Total deceased: 12

Percentage deceased: 0.0%

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No.	Service No.	Last Name	Init's	Year	Age	Sub-unit	Causation	Other Conditions
001	818129	Jennings	B J	NK	NK	4/6 RAR Spt Coy [RNZIR]	NK	NK
002	42770	Olsson	J W		NK	6 RAR Admin Coy [RNZIR]	Accident	NK
003	841612	Parker	J R F		NK	RNZIR, NZ Component, 1 ATF	Accident	NK
004	327395	Nixey	A D		NK	RNZIR, NZ Component, 1 ATF		NK
005	37938	Booth	A J	2005	64	ANZAC Bn [1970] 1 ATF [RNZIR]	Multiple Myeloma	NK
006	38284	Fraser	P G	2006	NK	ANZAC Bn 1 ATF[RNZsigs]	Cerebral brain haemorrhage	NK
007	42278	Nichols	D W	2002	NK	ANZAC Bn	Cancer	NK
08	645208	Bettin	D J	2007	NK	ANZAC Bn	NK	NK
009	215325	Vercoe	W	2007	NK	Chaplain, ANZAC Bn	NK	NK
010	209222	Monks	R A	2007	NK	ANZAC Bn, 1969	Multiple cancers
011	215243	Shaw	H I	2009	80	Chaplain, ANZAC Bn	NK	NK
011	215243	Shaw	H I	2009	80	Chaplain, ANZAC Bn	NK	NK
12	680320	Tahi	J R	2009	NK	NZ Component	Cancer

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