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Graham George Sun

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Photograph of New Zealand Air Service serviceman jumping from Valetta aircraft if the Royal Air Force Far East Transport Wing in Malaya c.1955, believed to be Corporal Graham George Sun. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, M-0456-F. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Photograph of New Zealand Air Service serviceman jumping from Valetta aircraft if the Royal Air Forc …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Graham George AWMM
  • Surname
    Sun AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    34904 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 November 1934 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 September 2019 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Plot 5, Row C, Gatland Road RSA Lawn, Papakura South Cemetery, Papakura, Auckland AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice; New Zealand Herald, 4 September 2019 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Honouring you & all your comrades past present & future.

    "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them"

    Your legacy lives on
    Love you Dad ❤
    Public - Vanessa Esmeralda - Direct descendant - 23 April 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand Special Air Service troops jumping from Valetta aircraft, Malaya, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, M-0456-F
    https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22885972
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Rennie, F. (1986) Regular Soldier. Auckland, N.Z.: Endeavour Press. AWMM
      p.219 AWMM
    • Special Air Service (SAS) Squadron - Malaya - Nominal roll (persons returns from overseas) [1957], Archives New Zealand, CAJN 41/3/6 [R21234079] AWMM

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23 April 2022Vanessa Esmeralda BRISBANE Australia Direct descendant

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