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Frank Maine Bateson

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Maine AWMM
  • Surname
    Bateson AWMM
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  • Service number
    • 5097 AWMM
    • WWII NZ5097 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 October 1909 AWMM Lower Hutt, Wellington AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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    WWII 28899 AWMM

Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Husband of Doris

    Internationally known astronomer and star expert. The Planet Bateson (minor planet 2434) was named for him in 1981

    Honorary Doctorate Waikato University 1979

    Author of numerous scholarly publications as well as "Paradise Beckons", his personal reminiscences.

    Established the site of the MT Johns observatory in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania.

    Awarded the Jackson-Swilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1960

    He was the first European elected to the Cook Island Legislative Assembly 1957

    Elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1933, aged 24. AWMM
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Death

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    16 April 2007 AWMM
    Age 97 AWMM
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
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    Public - john edwin - Researcher - 13 February 2018
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14 February 2018john edwinCottesloe, Western AustraliaResearcher

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