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Peter David Major

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Portrait of Peter David Major, 14930 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Lester de Vere 2017. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Peter David Major, 14930 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Lester de Vere 2017. CC-BY-NC-ND …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Peter David AWMM
  • Surname
    Major AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Korea 14930 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 April 1936 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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Training and Enlistment

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

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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  • Last rank
    • Korea Chief Cook/Military NZIPP Veteran Portrait Project
      Royal New Zealand Navy NZIPP Veteran Portrait Project
    • HMNZS Rotoiti - Operation Grapple, British Nuclear Testing at Christmas Island - 1957-1958 Public - Anne Elizabeth - Friend - 16 April 2023 - Military, personal records and recollections, Family

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Takapuna RSA.

    Served in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Rotoiti from 12.8.1957 to 2.4.1958. AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM
    • This record was created from Operation Grapple research by Arthur Venus and Gerry Wright and kindly provided by Gerry Wright (2021). AWMM
    • Wright, G. C. (2007). We were there : Operation Grapple : the story of New Zealand's involvement in the British nuclear weapons tests at Christmas Island 1957-58. [Auckland, N.Z : Gerry Wright] AWMM

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16 April 2023Anne Elizabeth AucklandFriend

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