Waiouru is a small town in the Ruapehu District, in New Zealand's Manawatū-Whanganui region. It is located on the south-eastern North Island Volcanic...
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Waiouru Military Camp is a camp of the New Zealand Army in the central North Island of New Zealand near Waiouru. All New Zealand Army soldiers complete...
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National Army Museum (New Zealand) (redirect from Waiouru Army Museum)
State Highway One, on the southern side of the small military town of Waiouru. The 1300 square metre museum is fortress-looking in design, complete with...
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Waiouru railway station in Waiouru, New Zealand was an intermediate station on the North Island Main Trunk line. It was opened for goods traffic in March...
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HMNZS Tamaki, Motuihe Island Papakura Military Camp, Auckland. Waiouru Military Camp, Waiouru. Linton Military Camp, Palmerston North. Trentham Military Camp...
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accident, rescue teams departed from Waiouru 8 km (5 mi) east of Tangiwai. These included soldiers from Waiouru Army Camp, radio operators from Irirangi...
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locked, reinforced glass cabinets at the QEII Army Memorial Museum in Waiouru, New Zealand, with a value of around NZD$20 million. Charles Upham's VC...
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Centre at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds in the United Kingdom; the Waiouru Army Museum and the Auckland War Memorial museum in New Zealand; and the...
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to the unproductive nature of the extreme winter climate. The town of Waiouru, with its army camp, lies to the south and much of the southern part of...
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allowed the RNZAF's Skyhawks to use more advanced weaponry, such as the AGM-65 Maverick missile being launched here over Waiouru training ground, 1989...
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Simon Crafar (born 15 January 1969 in Waiouru) is a New Zealand former Grand Prix and WSBK motorcycle road racer. His racing career started in 1981 aboard...
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Hīhītahi railway station (section Bridges to Waiouru)
enough to have a store and a school. It was 12.55 km (7.80 mi) south of Waiouru and 3.05 km (1.90 mi) north of Turangarere. Hīhītahi is at the top of a...
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47 – Feilding, Marton, Taihape 48 – Ashhurst, Bulls, Foxton, Shannon, Waiouru 49 – Dannevirke, Pahiatua, Woodville 50 – Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Kapiti...
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Units of the RNZAOC (section Waiouru)
Platoon RNZASC, when Transferred to the RNZAOC, as it was based in Waiouru it added the Waiouru unit designation 4 and became 47 Petroleum Platoon RNZAOC 9 Magazines...
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who lost his life when trying to protect soldiers under his command at Waiouru Military Camp. He was awarded the George Cross posthumously on 11 October...
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of the district. Waiouru, with an elevation of 815 metres, is in the extreme south-east of the district and houses the large Waiouru Army Camp. The southern...
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base for Fairmile flotillas HMNZS Irirangi SDML P3554 1951–93 Waiouru Formerly Waiouru W/T Station. Radio intercept station HMNZS Ngapona 1950–current...
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Gunners fire a L119 Light Gun in exercise at Waiouru, 2010...
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edge) became the focal point for travellers going between Wanganui and Waiouru. A thriving town emerged to serve the timber workers and those passing...
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national museum for the Army, the QEII Army Memorial Museum, was built at Waiouru, the Army's main training base in the central North Island. After the 1983...
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Plymouth and educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School. Based out of Waiouru Military Camp, Johns played centre on the Wanganui-King Country side which...
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sacred. The park includes many towns around its boundary including Ohakune, Waiouru, Horopito, Pokaka, Erua, National Park Village, Whakapapa skifield and...
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Archived 17 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine "The Russian SBML 18-pr at Waiouru" Archived 5 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Royal New Zealand Artillery...
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artillery locating troop at Waiouru; two squadrons with Scorpion Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) vehicles at Waiouru and Hamilton; an APC squadron...
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preserved and have been handed over to the museum. The other two went to the Waiouru training ground as hard range targets. Socialist Republic of Romania: Defector...
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Eltham, Stratford 762, 764, 765 Taihape Taihape, Mangaweka 382, 388 Waiouru Waiouru 387 Waipukurau 855, 856, 857, 858 Wairoa 837, 838 Whanganui Whanganui...
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rifles were delivered in May 2017, and soldiers began training with them at Waiouru Military Camp on 15 June 2017. In September 2018, it was reported that...
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extensive records. HMNZS Irirangi was a Naval Communication Station at Waiouru from 1943 to 1993. Uniforms of the RNZN are very similar to those of the...
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Ōhura (130) Ōwhango (190) Raurimu (70) National Park (240) Rangataua (160) Waiouru (890) Kai Iwi (160) Rātana Pā (380) Koitiata (130) Hunterville (430) Mangaweka...
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Battalion of Singapore Artillery at the artillery range of Waiouru Army Camp, near Waiouru in New Zealand. This resulted in the deaths of two full-time...
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