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Peregrine Robert Dearden

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Peregrine Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Dearden AWMM
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1897 AWMM
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    1910 AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • 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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  • Born in Canterbury 1897 and joined RN in 1910 was Midshipman 1914. Served August 1914 to March 1916 on HMS Prince George. Then posted to Queen Mary, serving in one of her turrets. One of only nine survivors of the sinking of the battlecruiser at Jutland 31 May 1916, Rescued by a German destroyer and interned as a POW to Armistice. Ended his naval service as a Lieutenant Commander.

    Resident Naval Officer, Suva, Fiji in the Second World War. Relinquished appointment in 1942. AWMM
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Death

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    18 September 1952 AWMM
    Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: The Times, 22 September 1952 AWMM
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