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Douglas B. Dommet

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas B. AWMM
  • Surname
    Dommet AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 13278 AWMM
    • Korea 13278 AWMM
    • Borneo 13278 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 May 1932 Operation Grapple (2021)
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Borneo 28 January 1963 Borneo R12457722
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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

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  • Served with rank of LT in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Rotoiti from 18.2.1957 to 28.8.1957. Operation Grapple research by Arthur Venus and Gerry Wright (2021).

    Navigating Officer, Operations Divisional Officer, Intelligence Officer, Plot and Radar Training Officer, Exercise Co-ordinating and Briefing, O.O.D./ O.O.W., Special sea duty- Bridge, Action- Operations Room Officer. AWMM

Death

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    5 December 1994 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
    • Yearly - Half - Yearly Returns - Nominal List of Officers Borneo (Navy) 1964 – 1967, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ABFK 739572/7/15 173/1 (R12457722) AWMM
    • Yearly - Half - Yearly Returns - Nominal List of Officers Borneo (Navy) 1964 – 1967, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ABFK 739572/7/15 173/2 (R12457723) AWMM
    • Edgar, D. (Editor) (1966). HMNZS Otago 1964-1965 Far East Trip. Claymore. AWMM

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