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James Ian May

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Ian AWMM
  • Surname
    May AWMM
  • Ingoa
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  • Service number
    13351 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

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  • Birth
    18 June 1932 Operation Grapple (2021)
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Served with rank of POWTR in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Rotoiti from 15.2.1957 to 18.3.1958. 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
    • Borneo HMNZS Royalist 1965 Crew List. Kindly provided by Gerry Wright (2021). AWMM

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22 March 2023James IanOrewa, Auckland 0931Self

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