Private RURU TAPINE
Service Number: 16/71
Regiment & Unit/Ship
New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion
Date of Death
Died 17 February 1920
- Country of Service New Zealand
- Additional Info Son of Turei Tapine and Kahuti Tapine. Born at Waipiro Bay. Served in Egypt, 1915-16, at Gallipoli, and on the Western Front, 1916-18. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Whatatutu (Te Hau) Maori Cemetery.
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