Key Dates are important. They can help us focus on a specific time period or activity that occurred during Grandpa’s service. Exploring these dates and experiences can provide further insight into:
- Grandpa’s life as a soldier,
- the areas Grandpa served in, and
- the individuals Grandpa served with
The following are Key Dates in Grandpa’s military history:
- Born, 28 May 1899
- Recruited,
29 Apr. 1916
- Embarked Wellington, New Zealand
(HMNZT #61 Aparima), 19 Aug. 1916
- Disembarked Devonport, England, 25 Oct. 1916
- Marched
out for France, 23 Nov. 1916
- Attached to NZETC, 8 Dec. 1916
- Best Friend, Peter ‘Pona’ Te Whata DOW
(Died of Wounds), 23 March 1917
- The Armistice, 11
Nov. 1918
- Embarked Dunkirk, France (S.S. St George), 3 Jan. 1919
- Disembarked Southampton, England, 3 Jan. 1919
- Embarked Liverpool, England (S.S.
Westmoreland), 28 Feb. 1919
- Disembarked, Wellington, New
Zealand, 6 Apr. 1919
- Discharged from Military, 4 May 1919
- Died: Kawakawa Hospital,
New Zealand, 26 June 1977
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