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John Karauna Diamond

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Karauna AWMM
  • Surname
    Diamond AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    15382 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 October 1939 Operation Grapple (2021)
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Service

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    Regular Military Service AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    15382 AWMM
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
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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 AB in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Rotoiti from 15.2.1957 to 12.8.1957. Operation Grapple research by Arthur Venus and Gerry Wright (2021). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 June 1986 Operation Grapple (2021)
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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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