Lance Corporal

Dick Hakaraia

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Hakaraia Patene and of Te Meringa (nee Pirihi), of Te Puke, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
39351
Name:
Dick Hakaraia
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Rangi Greening (cousin), Horohoro, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Horohoro, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Labourer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 28 (Maori) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
02 June 1941
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
35
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 2nd Echelon

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
15. D. 5.
Cemetery Location: 
Greece
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