Corporal

Charles William Maru

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Alladean and Selina Maru, of Raetihi, New Zealand. Also served at Gallipoli. Native of Tasmania, Australia.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

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Brother of my grandmother Amy Helen McDonald, nee Maru, b March 9 1894. "We will never forget." The only sibling of my Granny I never met.
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Casualty

Service Number: 
10/1376
Name:
Charles William Maru
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
22 April 1893
Place of Birth: 
Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
Next of Kin: 
Alladean Maru (father), Mangawera Sawmilling Company, Ohakune, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Takapuna, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Mill hand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Wellington Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
04 May 1918
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 December 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 13
HMNZT 14
HMNZT 15
Vessel:
Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (28 January 1915)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. J. 7.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Charles William Maru
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