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Able Seaman JOHN TERUAHUANUI HOHEPERA TAUTAHI TUHURU

Service Number: 8990
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Navy

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHERBORNE CEMETERY

Sec. 6. Grave 99.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Ema P. H. Tuhuru and Irai Tihau Tuhuru, of Arahura, Westland, New Zealand; husband of Mirian Norah Tuhuru, of Arahura. The fifth great grandson of Chief Tuhuru, of Westland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

SHERBORNE CEMETERY
Dorset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 56
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