Private

John Heketa

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Tai Heketa and of Helen Rubina Heketa (nee Urquhart), of Wellington City, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
820978
Name:
John Heketa
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs H.R. Heketa (mother), McLean Flats, 10 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
328 Durham Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Warehouseman
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 28 (Maori) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
23 September 1944
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Vessel:
Mooltan or Willem Ruys
Destination:
Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
V, D, 6.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
John Heketa
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