BEM
Enlisted in the New Zealand Army in April 1959 and served with 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Regiment in Malaya until 1962. In September 1963 he returned to Malaysia to join 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. He served as a section commander during the Indonesian landings on the Malaysian Peninsula in 1964. In May 1965 he became a member of 1 Ranger Squadron, New Zealand Special Air Service in the rank of corporal and in five years has progressed to the rank of Staff Sergeant. In 1966 he served in Borneo as a patrol commander. He was posted to Vietnam as the troop sergeant of the original 4 Troop NZSAS from November 1968 to December 1969. Wounded in action, 2 January 1969 – shrapnel wound to head; and 6 August 1969 – fragment wounds to jaw and right leg.
Disclaimer
The Vietnam List is an updated version of New Zealand's original Vietnam nominal roll – the Flinkenberg List – compiled by Captain Con Flinkenberg in 1972. Name, rank and unit information are from New Zealand military pay records. Read more about the Vietnam List.
