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John Kenneth Rambaud

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John Rambaud

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Kenneth AWMM
  • Surname
    Rambaud AWMM
  • Ingoa
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  • Service number
    14910 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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About birth

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  • Birth
    8 June 1938 Operation Grapple (2021)
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    14910 AWMM
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  • Served with rank of SIG in Operation Grapple on HMNZS Pukaki from 12.6.1958 to 19.7.1960. Operation Grapple research by Arthur Venus and Gerry Wright (2021).

    Service Christmas Island. AWMM

Death

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    10 February 1993 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
    • General Administration, Organisation and Management - Operations - Operation Grapple - Personnel, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ABFK 7607 W5056/70 (R15982847) AWMM

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