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Richard John Maxton Coulson

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard John Maxton AWMM
  • Surname
    Coulson AWMM
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    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Service

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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    Army AWMM
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW2 Koiterangi, West Coast AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Killed in the manhunt for fugitive Stanley Graham. AWMM

Death

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    9 October 1941 AWMM
    Hokitika, Westland AWMM
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    Hokitika Cemetery AWMM
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Sources

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    Cooke, P. (2018). Roll of New Zealand’s Second World War Dead. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group.; Peter Cooke; 2018. AWMM
    p.122 AWMM

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