Events In History
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19 August 2012Three New Zealand soldiers killed in AfghanistanAt approximately 9:20 p.m. local time, a Humvee taking a patrol member to see a doctor at Romero base in Bamiyan province was destroyed by an improvised explosive device. Read more...
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Links - military history
Links to military resources including personnel records, medal winners and war graves.
- Page 5 - Post Second World WarLinks to further information about New Zealand's military participation since the Second World
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Main image: Leonard Manning memorial, Rangiriri
A memorial was erected to Private Manning in the Tilomar cemetery. However, his body was brought back to New Zealand, and on 29 July 2000 he was buried with full military honours in the Rangiriri lawn cemetery, near his childhood home in Waeranga.