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Carey Adamson
Air Marshal Carey William Adamson, (5 September 1942 – 10 May 2019) was a senior officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Adamson grew up in Fairlie before attending Timaru Boys' High School, where he was a boarder apart from his final year, when he commuted daily on his motorcycle. As a teenager, Adamson joined the Air Training Corps. He then joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1961, where he served as a pilot flying Austers and Harvards. In 1964 Adamson was assigned to the United States to train on the C130 Hercules. He was Chief of the Air Staff from 1995 to 1999 and Chief of Defence Force from 1999 to 2001. In 2002, he caused "unprecedented controversy" when he criticised the government for disestablishing the air combat force. In the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours, Adamson was awarded the Air Force Cross. In the 1999 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Adamson was predeceased by his wife, Denyce (née Pickens), ...
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Fairlie, New Zealand
Fairlie is a Mackenzie District service town (or township) located in the Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. The estimated population was Being on state highway 8 between Christchurch (182 km, 2 hours 20 minutes drive) and Queenstown, New Zealand, Queenstown (300 km 3.5 hours drive), tourism is fast becoming a major industry within the town. Kimbell, New Zealand, Kimbell is 8 km west of Fairlie via State Highway 8 (New Zealand), state highway 8. Geraldine, New Zealand, Geraldine is 45 km east via State Highway 79 (New Zealand), state highway 79 and Timaru is 58 km southeast of Fairlie via State Highway 8 (New Zealand), state highway 8. Fairlie sits at an altitude of 301 metres above sea level. From 1884 to 1968, the town was served by the Fairlie Branch railway,
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Wellington Cathedral Of St Paul
The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, also called St Paul's Cathedral or Wellington Cathedral, is an Anglicanism, Anglican cathedral Church (building), church located on Hill Street, at its junction with Molesworth Street, Wellington, Molesworth Street, in Thorndon, New Zealand, Thorndon, in the city of Wellington, New Zealand. It is situated close to the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, parliament precinct. The cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Wellington, Diocese of Wellington and the cathedra, seat of the Bishop of Wellington, within the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The building was designed in the 1930s by New Zealand architect Cecil Wood (architect), Cecil Wood. Construction began in 1954, and was completed in 1998. It was constructed in reinforced concrete due to the effects of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, 1931 Napier earthquake making other choices impractical. The church was initially envisioned as a war memorial ca ...
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People From Fairlie, New Zealand
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New Zealand Military Personnel Of The Vietnam War
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Companions Of The New Zealand Order Of Merit
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2019 Deaths
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1942 Births
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in which they agree "not to make any separate peace with the Axis powers". * January 5 – WWII: Two prisoners, British officer Airey Neave and Dutch officer Anthony Luteyn, escape from Colditz Castle in Germany. After travelling for three days, they reach the Swiss border. * January 7 – WWII: ** Battle of Slim River: Japanese forces of the 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 5th Division, sup ...
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Don Hamilton (RNZAF Officer)
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John Hosie
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Bruce Ferguson (RNZAF Officer)
Air Marshal Sir Bruce Reid Ferguson, (born 14 July 1949) is a retired Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who served as Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force and Director of the Government Communications Security Bureau.
Prime Minister's Press Release – New Director of Government Communications Security Bureau.
He took up the appointment when the previous director, Warren Tucker, was appointed as Director of the Security Intelligence Service on 1 November 2006. Ferguson's term of appointment was for four years, stepping down from the role in 2011. Following his re ...
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Anthony Birks
Lieutenant General Anthony Leonard Birks, (30 December 1941 – 21 January 2002) was a senior officer in the New Zealand Army. He served as the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the New Zealand Army, from 1992 to 1995, and in New Zealand's most senior military post as Chief of Defence Force from 1995 until his retirement in 1999. Biography Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 30 December 1941, Anthony Birks, known as Tony, attended St. Andrew's College, in Christchurch, and then went onto Nelson College. In 1959 Birks entered the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst in the United Kingdom, and on completion of his studies two years later was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the New Zealand Army. He served as a platoon commander with the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (RNZIR) in Malaysia, during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. In 1968, he served in South Vietnam as a liaison officer to the 1st Australian Task Force. In 1970, he served with ...
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