condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Douglas Gerald Bamfield

-
Lay a poppy

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Gerald AWMM
  • Surname
    Bamfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    15366 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    4 December 1934 Operation Grapple (2021)
  • 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

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Borneo 1 September 1966 HMNZS Hickleton Officers
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Served with rank of LT in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Rotoiti from 27.7.1957 to 1.6.1959. Operation Grapple research by Arthur Venus and Gerry Wright (2021).

    HMNZS Hickleton 3rd Crew (June 1966- December 1966) AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    Unknown Operation Grapple (2021)
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Douglas Gerald Bamfield by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Douglas Gerald Bamfield

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • 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
    • Yearly - Half - Yearly Returns - Nominal List of Officers Borneo [HMNZS Hickleton Officers], Archives NZ, Wellington, ABFK 7395 W4010 (R12457723) AWMM
    • Posting Record Card Public - Michael - Researcher - 23 January 2024 - RNZN Museum

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 January 2024Michael AUCKLAND Researcher

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.