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were brought to the Bong Son Dispensary, including Army of the Republic of Vietnam personnel and Viet Cong prisoners. In June 1969 the team moved to the new 100-bed Bong Son Impact Hospital. The average bed-state was 92 and approximately 46,000 outpatients (mostly civilians) were treated annually before the team's withdrawal in December 1971.
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deployed in April 1967. The team's role was to provide medical and surgical assistance to South Vietnamese civilians and developing local knowledge in this field. The New Zealanders relieved a United States Army medical team at Bong Son in Binh Dinh province. They also treated military casualties who
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When Britain went to war against Germany in 1939, New Zealand immediately also declared war. In recognition of the fact that the naval force was now largely self-sufficient and independent of the Royal Navy, the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy became the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), the
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treaty nations. In 1984, the relationship began to break down over the issue of nuclear-powered ship visits and nuclear weapons access to New Zealand. On several occasions, New Zealand dispatched RNZN vessels to monitor environmental damage caused by French nuclear testing in the Pacific.
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occurred amongst the sailors and non-commissioned officers of four RNZN ships and two shore bases. Overall, up to 20% of the sailors in the RNZN were involved in the mutinies. The resulting manpower shortage forced the RNZN to remove
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to become New Zealand's third light cruiser. To that end, it was partially crewed with New Zealanders. On 19 December, New Zealand's worst naval loss occurred when 150 of the New Zealand crew died after the ship hit
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As the war progressed, the size of the RNZN greatly increased, and by the end of the war there were over 60 ships in commission. These ships participated as part of the British and
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RNZN medical personnel were members of the 1st New Zealand Services Medical Team (NZSMT) in Vietnam, a 19-strong detachment of medical personnel from the Royal New Zealand Navy,
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government that the best role for the RNZN in the Pacific was as part of the United States Navy, so operational control of the RNZN was transferred to the
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effort against the Axis in Europe, and against the Japanese in the Pacific. They also played an important role in the defence of New Zealand, from German
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leads back to early New Zealand-based gunboats used in controlling the British interests in the new colony, as well as to the strong linkages to the
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Two RNZN personnel served with the second New Zealand Army Training Team Vietnam (2NZATTV), an 18-man team deployed in February 1972 based at
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Altogether, 561 New Zealanders died during World War II while in naval service. The end of the war saw massive cutbacks.
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their ship rather than face the loss of many more German seamen's lives. This decision apparently infuriated
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aboard. A further three battalion groups, with attached naval personnel, were deployed to
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corps was established to provide harbour defence. In 1884, the government purchased four
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in 1942. In 1941–1942, it was decided in an agreement between the New Zealand and
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was the first to be commissioned into it. From 1921, the forces were known as the
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provided security for the colony of New Zealand, but in 1846, the settlers bought
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Throughout the 1960s to 1984, the Royal New Zealand Navy operated with
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The RNZN supported INTERFET landings with the deployment of frigate
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forces, conducted bombardments and escorted convoys, and sank the
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The Royal New Zealand Navy: Official History of World War II
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Before establishment of the navy, the people of New Zealand
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with INTERFET and as part of the UN peacekeeping force.
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Four RNZN frigates in Wellington Harbour during 1980
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and being seriously damaged by torpedoes during the
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