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Brigadier JAMES HARGEST

Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1944

Age 53 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY

I. C. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order and 2 Bars, Military Cross, Efficiency Decoration, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur, Greek Military Cross, 1st Class. Husband of Marie Henrietta Hargest, of Rakauhauka, Southland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1138
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