Private
Joseph Tairua
Conflict:
WW1
Additional Information:
Son of Apanui Tairua, of Waiawa, Opotiki, Thames.
References:
NZ WAR GRAVES
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Personal Tributes:
My son (Wilson) and I visited his grave from NZ in June 2016. I took with me a small stone from our ancestral river Waiaua to leave at his grave. Somebody had also left a stone painted with koru?
Casualty
Service Number:
16/113
Name:
Joseph Tairua Rank:
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address:
Waiaua, Opotiki, New Zealand
Armed Force:
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion
Casualty Details
Cause of Death:
Accidentally killed
Date of Death:
13 February 1919
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death:
28
Conflict:
WW1
Cemetery
Cemetery:
Cemetery Reference:
C. 382.
Cemetery Location:
United Kingdom