Information & Registration

VENUE

Te Awamutu Memorial RSA, Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu.

Register, meet and greet on Friday. Pay-as-you-go bar and restaurant services available.

The V3 image at the top of the page the V3 Lapel Pin, a complimentary one will be given to all when registering at the reunion venue.

Two modern courtesy vans provided by the Te Awamutu RSA will be available to pickup and deliver to and from accommodation.

ACTIVITIES

Friday 3 May 2019

1600hrs:

Registration

Meet and greet

Bar refreshments & in-house restuarant; pay-as-you-go

Saturday 4 May 2019

1000hrs - 1100hrs

Late Registrations

Lunch ~ own arrangements.

SATURDAY OPTIONS

1. Golf at Stewart Alexander Golf Course. 2. Bus trip to Waitomo Caves ~ depart RSA at 1000hrs 3. Te Awamutu and Pirongia tour of historical interest finishing at the Villagrad Winery ~ depart RSA at 1000hrs Saturday, from twilight onward at RSA premises Sunday 5th May 2019

Monday 6th May 2019

REGISTRATION

$125.00 per person. Includes:
The $125.00 per person registration fee can be paid into the bank account shown below. Ensure some means of depositor identification is made as Reference, such as surname and initials.

Payment Transaction [NOTE: Overseas payers, see details below]:

Informing Others

The organising team welcome all who arrive in Te Awamutu to enjoy the hospitality. Please contact those who do not have internet services and inform them of the Reuion and details.

Contact in Te Awamutu

Lou & Els Brown
07-870 4463
027-279 8044
027-391 8620
Email

Register Attendance

Register your attendance with this form.

First and last name: Name tag: Attending Wife/Partner's name: Name tag: Update Personal Details Attending the Reunion? YES     NO    Just update records with my details. Postal Address: Street address: Suburb: City/Town: Postal Code: email address: Phone: Enter payment status: Paid: YES     NO Select an activity if wanting to participate: Option 1: Golf at Stewart Alexander Golf Course Option 2: Bus trip to Waitomo Caves Option 3: Te Awamutu and Pirongia tour Option 4: Hamilton Gardens (and Waikato River Cruise) Special dietary needs: Please in the Comments field below any special dietary needs you have; such as gluten-free, dairy free and suchlike. Comments: Clicking on the Submit button below will open a Send message in your email server, click Send to despatch the registration to the organiser. Click ONCE Only

Te Awamutu Accommodation Options
As Te Awamutu is not a city, the tariffs do not vary from weekdays to weekends.

It is advisable to make bookings earlier rather than later as the NZ Field Days are only a short time after the Reunion. Field Days staff arrive early to set up sites. NZ Corrections also use the motels to locate interim staffing appointments.

To see full details for each listing, click on the named link, Web info.

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About Victor 3 Infantry Rifle Company

The Victor 3 Vietnam veterans have a Facebook Group page to which members can subscribe, go to the Groups' Facebook Page by clicking on this icon   .

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 contribution 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.'