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Gebor Maxwell Chapman

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gebor Maxwell AWMM
  • Surname
    Chapman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 12550 AWMM
    • Korea 12550 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 September 1932 Operation Grapple (2021)
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • 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 PO in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Rotoiti from 15.2.1957 to 15.8.1957. Operation Grapple research by Arthur Venus and Gerry Wright (2021). AWMM

Death

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Sources

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    • 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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