Private

Robert Thomas Paki

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas and Kamoe Paki, of Otorohanga, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
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I use to play on your head stone when I was a baby right up until they moved it. It always used to sit outside the front door of my nana's house - your sister. You were not beside it as you are still... Read More

I've always wondered how you were so brave in taking that extra step to that career and to hear that you had died over there is so sad if only they could have sent you home to us, our Great Grandmoth... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
802617
Name:
Robert Thomas Paki
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs K. Paki (mother), Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Labourer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 28 (Maori) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
28 May 1944
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
21
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: 
X. B. 11.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
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