John Joseph Horan

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

John Joseph AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Horan AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 27009 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 27009 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Railway surfaceman/Civilian Electoral Roll, 1938

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Sapper AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 13 Railway Construction Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW2 Private AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, 13 Railway Construction Company AWMM

Son of George Henry and Ellen Alice Horan, of Ruakura, Waikato. Did not embark overseas. AWMM

Matenga

1 Nov 1940 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Hamilton East Cemetery, Hungerford Crescent, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM Public Area C3, R.C. Row I, Grave 86. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 'Soldier's Funeral' New Zealand Herald, 5 November 1940
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19401105.2.114
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2920046
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.