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George Kingi Hoerara

Conflict: 
Vietnam
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Biographical Notes:

Corporal George Kingi Hoerara, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, who was killed in action in Vietnam on 26 January 1968.

Originally from Horoera, north of Te Araroa on the East Coast, George Kingi had been living in Taihape when he enlisted into the New Zealand Army.

He initially served in the Korean War as a Signaller, before transferring to the New Zealand Regiment and serving in Malaya as a Private and Borneo as a Lance Corporal.

Promoted to Corporal, George Kingi deployed to Vietnam as part of the 5th embarkation, with Whiskey Company of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Australian Task Force.

He was sadly killed in action in an anti-personnel mine explosion on 26 January 1968. His remains were returned to New Zealand and he was buried at Te Araroa on 4 March 1968.

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
211075
Name:
George Kingi Hoerara
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
02 January 1932
Date of Enlistment:
Not known

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
26 January 1968
Day of Death:
Friday
Conflict: 
Vietnam

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Te Araroa Public Cemetery
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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