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Birth date was 1 August 1919. [Record since amended - NZWGT]

Presumably one of the first New Zealanders to be KIA from enemy fire while on duty at Maidstone,

Vere was my Dads Half Brother; (Noel Ellis) and son of my Grandmother; Clara Ellis, previously Mu

I don't have a story, I have just been told he is my uncle. That make's me sad.

Trooper Geoffrey Laing was the brother of my father Sergeant John Augustus Laing DCM ( deceased)

Raymond's birthdate is 21/04/1897 and he died 07/06/1917. He was 20.

Uncle Ray was born on 16 April 1913 and my sister Jean remembers our mother receiving the telegra

It was thought that Leslie falsified his age so that he could enter the army.

During the defence of Crete, 21 Battalion was stationed near the Maleme airfield.

During the defence of Crete, 21 Battalion was stationed near the Maleme airfield.

Harold was the eldest child of Levi and Sarah Rebecca Hambling (Nee Hawken).

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