Henry Whaitiri Manihera

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 6 April 1893, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Died 2 July 1964, Christchurch
  • Last rank Trooper
  • Service number 78646
  • Served In Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 43rd Reinforcements
  • Next of Kin Mrs Margaret Manihera (mother), 5 Hawkehurst Road, Lyttelton
  • Pre-war occupation Butcher for J. Bundy, Lyttelton
  • ReligionWesleyan
  • Enlisted15 February 1918
  • Embarkationaboard the Moeraki, departed 11 October 1918, disembarked 22 November 1918, Suez, Egypt
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian E.F. 1918 -1919
  • Periods of service192 days in New Zealand and 340 days overseas in Egypt. Total service of one year and 167 days
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Ellenga, 11 September 1919
  • Discharged12 October 1919, on termination of period of engagement
  • AwardedBritish War Medal and Victory Medal
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