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Eric Keith Dawson

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Keith AWMM
  • Surname
    Dawson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    15066 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 September 1937 Operation Grapple (2021)
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    15066 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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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 TEL in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Rotoiti from 30.9.1957 to 5.12.1957. Operation Grapple research by Arthur Venus and Gerry Wright (2021).

    Served in the Suez Crisis. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 June 2024 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    AWMM
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  • Obituary
    DAWSON, Eric Keith. (No. NZ 15066 RNZN Malayan Emergency, The Suez Crisis, Operation Grapple, the Far East Strategic Reserve; Radio Communication Operator, 2nd Class) On June 5, 2024, peacefully at North Shore Hopsital, aged 86 years. Dearly loved husband of Mary for 65 years. Loved father of Tony, Michael, Mark, and Shelley. Father-in-law to Lyn. Grandad to his 11 grandchildren and Great Grandad to his 4 great grandchildren. A Service to celebrate Eric's life will be held at the East Coast Bays Chapel of Forrest Funeral Services, 8 Glen Rd, Browns Bay on Tuesday 11 June at 1.30pm to be followed by a private cremation.

    Published by The New Zealand Herald on Jun. 8, 2024. AWMM
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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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