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Private GEORGE KARAKA TAIAPA

Service Number: 802214
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

28th (Maori) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

VIII. E. 19.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Tamati and Maraea Te Iritawa Taiapa, of Tikitiki, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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