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Private GEORGE KARAKA TAIAPA

Service Number: 802214
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

28th (Maori) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

VIII. E. 19.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Tamati and Maraea Te Iritawa Taiapa, of Tikitiki, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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