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Peter Wilson Maplesden

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Peter Wilson AWMM
  • Surname
    Maplesden AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    9547 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    New Zealand Forestry Service/Civilian AWMM
    Conservator of Forests, New Zealand Forest Service, Nelson, 1960-82 AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Dorothy ; Father of Josephine, Fran, Mel

    Awarded MBE (Civil) in 1983

    Service: Nelson

    Peter Wilson Maplesden - Conservator of Forests, New Zealand Forest Service, Nelson, 1960–82. Author of The Wangapeka Track AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 January 2014 AWMM
    Age 91 AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Marsden Valley Cemetery, Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 January 2014 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 January 2014 AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM

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