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April
Last Name:
Lemon
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Grand Niece
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My name is April Lemon & I am the grand niece of Willie. One of his younger brothers Moa was my grandfather. I am in the process of researching my family tree with a special focus on family who went to war. Willie & three of his brothers enlisted into the army. Sadly only two of these brothers returned home to New Zealand, one of them being my grandfather. Willie's younger brother James fell ill on the front line between Rossignol Wood & Hebuterne & was evacuated to England to No.1 NZ General Hospital where he lay gravely ill & died on 30 September 1918 of tuberculosis of the lung. He died in the same month as his brother Willie, just twenty six days later. He (James) was buried at the St Nicholas Parish, Brockenhurst. I am very honoured to have found them all and am planning on writing a book about them all. No reira e toku matua tupuna, moe mai I roto I to moenga roa.
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