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Full Name: Private John Te Kauru
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): John
Surname: Te Kauru
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 19398
First Known Rank: Private
Occupation before Enlistment: Shepherd
Next of Kin: Te Kauru (father), Nuhaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation: Maori Contingent
Embarkation Unit: 12th Reinforcements
Embarkation Date: 2 January 1917
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport: HMNZT 73
Vessel: Opawa
Destination: London, England
Nominal Roll Number: 49
Page on Nominal Roll: 22
Last Unit Served: Pioneer Battalion
Place of Death: Ypres, Belgium
Date of Death: 14 August 1917
Year of Death: 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Further References: Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
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