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Warrant Officer Class Ii JOHN AUGUST

Service Number: 65434
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

28th (Maori) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1942

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

I. H. 23.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Roland Galento and Ngahemo, of Mongonui, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Rosie Kahukura August (nee Shepherd), of Auckland City.
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EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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