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Serjeant JOHN TAINUI

Service Number: 7625
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

28th (Maori) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 December 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

6. A. 8.

Libya

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Jack and Molly Tainui, of Little River, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Acacia Haromi Tainui, of Little River.
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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