Lance Corporal

John Ruawai Karepa

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Tepora Kautuku and Karepa Kautuku

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
802008
Name:
John Ruawai Karepa
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs G. Karepa (wife), Hauiti, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Hauiti, Tolaga Bay, 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:
13 January 1945
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 10th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
21 July 1943
Vessel:
Nieuw Amsterdam
Destination:
Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV, B, 12.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
John Ruawai Karepa
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