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David Thomas Kite

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Kite AWMM
  • Ingoa
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  • Service number
    10694 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 November 1929 Operation Grapple (2021)
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    Navy AWMM
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    10694 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Served with rank of COXN in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Pukaki from 4.3.1957 to 26.9.1957. Operation Grapple research by Arthur Venus and Gerry Wright (2021). AWMM

Death

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    25 March 1988 Operation Grapple (2021)
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  • Your Nuclear Test Veterans Medal has been applied for finally!
    Public - Norman Thomas - Other relative - 30 October 2024
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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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30 October 2024Norman ThomasAucklandOther relative

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