Private

Taipua Skipwith Cootes

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas Ashton and Frances Leah Cootes; husband of Grace I. Cootes, of Otaki, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

A portrait of Taipua Skipwith Cootes & Grace Irene Cootes. Grace is pregnant with their only child, a son who was named Gerald Skipwith Cootes. Gerald Skipwith Cootes registered himself in the Ne... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
19564
Name:
Taipua Skipwith Cootes
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Grace Irene Cootes (wife), 10 Wright Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Student
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of sickness
Date of Death:
29 October 1919
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Maori Contingent
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 February 1917
Transport:
HMNZT 76
Vessel:
Aparima
Destination:
Plymouth, England

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. C. 3103.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Taipua Skipwith Cootes
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