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Full Name
Albert Ottley Kani
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Albert Ottley
Surname
Kani
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
62588
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Labourer
Next of Kin
Mrs M. Kani (wife), Hotel Midland, Masterton, New Zealand
Marital Status
Married
Enlistment Address
Gordon Street, Masterton, New Zealand
Military District
Masterton
Body on Embarkation
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Unit
28 (Maori) Battalion
Nominal Roll Number
WW2 4
Page on Nominal Roll
WW2 186
Campaigns
Western Desert
Last Unit Served
28 (Maori) Battalion
Place of Death
Western Desert
Date of Death
22 July 1942
Age at Death
25
Year of Death
1942
Cemetery Name
El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Grave Reference
I. G. 5.
Biographical Notes
Albert Ottley Kani was the son of Heta and Ngakauri Kani, of Porangahau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand; husband of Margaret Kani, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
Further References
Sources Used
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941.) Wellington: Blundell Bros. Ltd.,Printers. 1941