Martin Wesley Reiroa

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • Born 9 August 1895, New Zealand
  • Died 2 February 1917, France
  • Killed In Action Died on active service (pneumonia), 2 February 1917, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France.
  • Last rank Private
  • Service number 16/720
  • Served In New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion, 2nd Māori Contingent
  • Next of Kin Mr John Wesley Reiroa (father), Waikuku, North Canterbury
  • Pre-war occupation Labourer
  • ReligionChurch of England (Anglican)
  • Enlisted29 June 1915, Canterbury
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 29, Waitemata, departed 18 August 1915, Wellington, disembarked 26 October 1915, Suez, Egypt
  • Theatres of operationEgypt 1915-1916, Egyptian E.F. 1916 and Western European 1916-1917
  • BuriedEstaires Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

Medals sent to Mr John Wesley Reiroa.

Profile photo credit:Weekly Press 28 February 1917 via The Onward Project

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