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Roy Colin Sefton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roy Colin AWMM
  • Surname
    Sefton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 15394 AWMM
    • WWI NZ15394 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 June 1938 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • 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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  • War
    Regular Military Service AWMM
  • Campaign
    1957 Operation Grapple AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    • 15394 AWMM
    • WWI NZ15394 AWMM
  • Military service
    HMNZS Pukaki AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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

Embarkations

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served in Operation Grapple on HMNZ Pukaki from 14.8.1956 to 7.6.1958.

    Service Christmas Island. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 January 2021 Obituary
    Age 82 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
    Published in The New Zealand Herald, Jan 7, 2021 "SEFTON, Roy . PO TEL NZ 15394 21 June 1938 - 5 January 2021 Died with his family at his side. Operation Grapple Veteran. Long standing chairman of the NZNTVA. A tieless worker for the Nuclear Test Veterans. Rest in Peace Roy. You will be missed." AWMM
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