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Maurice Victor Braxton

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maurice Victor AWMM
  • Surname
    Braxton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    14933 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 June 1936 Operation Grapple (2021)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    14933 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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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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  • Served with rank of SA in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Pukaki from 11.3.1957 to 3.11.1958. Operation Grapple research by Arthur Venus and Gerry Wright (2021).

    Service Christmas Island. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 August 1987 Operation Grapple (2021)
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • 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
    • General Administration, Organisation and Management - Operations - Operation Grapple - Personnel, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ABFK 7607 W5056/70 (R15982847) AWMM

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