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Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE AUGUSTUS KING

Service Number: 11/680
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

I. H. 28.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order and Bar, 5 times Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Elizabeth Clifton King and the late George King; husband of Annie Letitia King, of 27, Fairview Crescent, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand. Served in Egypt and Gallipoli. Native of Christchurch.
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YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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