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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 31224" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burrows </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ian Hamilton (Buzz) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>New Zealand Squadron </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>34196 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross, Negri Sembilan Conspicuous Gallantry Medal </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Malaya 1956 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit New Zealand Regiment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 11.11.1930, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Brigadier James Thomas (WWII Veteran)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Waitaki Boys High School, Oamaru, New Zealand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Judy Jenkinson</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Elsie Hamilton Wilson</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son also served SAS</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam, Indonesia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>later Major </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Colonel Commandant of NZSAS (1987-1997)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>22.07.2006 died Auckland, New Zealand (Aged 75)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried North Shore Memorial Park Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/i-burrows.36019/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36019-b1ad83cd381c1814628bffd10f12305d.jpg?1635358322" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/i-burrows-grave.36020/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36020-441039ec678d917b37597f7c76ae39c9.jpg?1635360428" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Brigadier Ian Burrows, OBE, MC. Died aged 75.</em></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Ian Hamilton Burrows was awarded a Military Cross for bravery during his time with the New Zealand Special Air Service in Malaya from 1955 to 1957.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">But had the young soldier thought a little longer about his career when he left school, he might well have taken up portrait painting instead.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Burrows (nicknamed Buzz for his short, fuzzy hair) joined the army in 1950 and spent the next four years at the Royal Military College of Duntroon in Canberra. He was following something af a family tradition.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">His father, "Gentleman Jim" Burrows, was a former All Black and a highly regarded soldier during battles in Crete and at Monte Cassino in Italy during World War II. He too reached the rank of brigadier. Later he was rector of Waitaki Boys High School, where Ian Burrows was educated.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">The younger Burrows was awarded the Malayan Conspicuous Gallantry Medal for his efforts during that conflict. On his return home, he married Judy Jenkinson and the couple had three children by the time he was sent off to fight in the jungles of Borneo for two years. When Burrows retired after 32 years in the regular army, he had served variously as commander of NZ Army Land Forces, commander of NZ Forces in Southeast Asia, and commandant of the Army Schools in Waiouru.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Retirement brought the chance to devote time to painting, and Burrows acquired the skills he needed at the Auckland Society of Arts.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">He remained involved in the community, however, joining the board of the Outward Bound Trust, and serving as president for a time.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">He was also chairman of the Rothmans Foundation, which sponsored sports such as soccer, cricket, athletics and softball in New Zealand.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Brigadier Burrows was awarded an OBE in 1979. He is survived by his wife Judy, daughters Joanna and Wendy, sons Jamie (also a former member of the SAS) and Tony, and their families.</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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