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2RAR/NZ [ANZAC] Battalion - 4 RAR/NZ [ANZAC] Battalion, 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam

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Organiser:
Bruce Liddall

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Landline Phone: 06 833 7110

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New Zealand V3 Infantry Rifle Company Napier Reunion 2013

This web page is for Victor 3 Infantry Rifle Company from the First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1 RNZIR, that served in South Vietnam during 1968 and 1969 as a military sub unit within the First Australian Task Force, 1 ATF, based in Nui Dat located in Phuoc Tuy Province.

The Reunion for V3 Vietnam Veterans Easter Weekend 29 March - 1 April 2013

VENUE

Napier Returned Services Club
34 Vautier Street
Napier

Assembly Area

Napier Returned Services Club
1700 hours, 29 March 2013
Welcome 1930 hours, RSA lounge

Accommodation

See schedule of available motels within stumbling distance of the club (prices may vary due to time frame). Prices per night.

Activities

  • Wine Trails
  • Visits to other local attractions
  • Visits to the 2 other RSA's
  • Semi Formal dinner Saturday night
  • Sunday Memorial Parade
  • Hangi /BBQ dinner

Transport

Buses will be provided to move personnel around the Napier / Hastings areas. For other movement there will be Tri Shaws available for the nostalgic, feet for the fit.

Registration

Registration and fees: will be $120 per person, 15 years and over.

Bank Details

Payee Name: V3 Reunion 2013
Payee account: 02 0700 0093228 000
Statement details: Ensure your identification is in payee statement.
The organising team welcome all to appear here in Napier to enjoy our hospitality. Please contact those who do not have internet services and let them know.

Contacts in Napier

Primary: Bruce Liddall
Phone: 068337110
Email: Click to email Bruce
Secondary contacts:
  • Surfie Martin
  • Hardie Martin
  • John ( Evil) Sturgess
  • Lenny Orsmby
  • Joe Ropiha
  • Richard Berry

Accomodation

Victor 3 sub unit flagThe following list is of accomodation that is within approximately 500 metres of the Napier RSA premises. The list is not in any of preference or recommendation, it is an individual choice. A location map is below.
1 Beachfront
0800 778 888
Email beachfront@xtra.co.nz
1 Bedroom Suite $170 per 1-3 persons
2 Bedroom Suite $190 per 1-4 persons
2 Quality Inn
0800 404 800
Email info@qualityinnnapier.com
Standard Studio $120 per 1-2 persons
Delux Studio $130 per 1-2 persons, plus
Sea View Studio $145 per couple, plus

3 Bella Vista
0800 235 528
Email bvnapier@xtra.co.nz
Mini Studios $125 per 1 person
Twin/Triple Studios $140 per 1-2 persons
Family Units* $165 per 1-2 plus persons
4 Fountain Court
0508 411 000
Email accommodation@fountaincourt.co.nz
1 Bedroom Suite $120 per 1-3 persons
2 Bedroom Suite $155 per 1-4 persons

5 Nautilus
0508 628 845
Web site www.nautilusnapier.co.nz
Studio $175 per 1-2 persons
Suites $195 per 1-2 plus persons
Apartment $225 per 1-6 persons
6 Shoreline Motel
0508 101 112
Email shorelinemotel@xtra.co.nz
City Studio $150 per 1-2 persons
Sea Studio $180 per 1-2 plus persons
Family $225 per 1-4 persons
Suite $277 per 1-6 persons

About Victor 3 Infantry Rifle Company

The Victor 3 Vietnam veterans have a Yahoo Group to which former members can subscribe, click here to see the Groups' Yahoo Page.

The Company [V3] was comprised of personnel who were members of the 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment [1 RNZIR], garrisoned at the time in Terendak Military Camp, about 15 kilometres north of Malacca on the Malay peninsula. 1 RNZIR was a highly-trained, combat-ready unit, well able to fulfil the roles envisaged in various SEATO contingency plans and as well as combat operations in South Vietnam.

Extensive training programs culminated in testing operational exercises designed to assess the Company's preparedness for active service.

Given that early training had commenced in New Zealand this was followed with more intense training on the Malay peninsula where New Zealand infantry troops had been stationed since 1955. Some of the V3 soldiers and many of the junior and senior NCO's were experienced in the techniques of jungle warfare in Malaya and Borneo, the most recent prior to Vietnam being during the Indonesian Confrontation in the mid-1960's. Such experience was to hold V3 in good stead in South Vietnam during its deployment from May 1968 to May 1969.

The V3 sub unit ultimately had 172 personnel posted to its strength in South Vietnam, two were killed in action. The rotation of Australian infantry battalions saw V3 attached as a rifle company for a short period of time with the 2 RAR/NZ [ANZAC] Battalion. The remainder of its tour of duty was with attachment to the 4 RAR/NZ [ANZAC] Battalion. Both battalions were integral components of the 1st Australian Task Force garrisoned at Nui Dat in the Phuoc Tuy province.

The following comment from Brigadier Ian Thorpe, a former second-in-command ot a 2 RAR/NZ [ANZAC] Battalion sums, up the conribution of V3 personnel:

'If there is one element in the New Zealand military ethos that is worth emphasis. it is, to me, the attitude that, in the international field where we have always served and planned to serve, we are always a small increment in a larger force, and therefore can only make our mark through quality � and I think that amongst regulars there has been the recognition that quality does not fall like manna on the chosen but results from serious study and hard training.'
Source: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1962-1972.



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