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Reginald Tuhinga Elers

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Gravestone of Lance Bombardier Reginald Tuhinga Elers, Riverside Cemetery, Masterton. Image kindly provided by Willie Simonsen (March 2019). Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Gravestone of Lance Bombardier Reginald Tuhinga Elers, Riverside Cemetery, Masterton. Image kindly …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Reginald Tuhinga AWMM
  • Surname
    Elers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Reggie AWMM
    • Reggie Elers AWMM
  • Service number
    Korea 675291 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Korea 2 Clare St, Cambridge AWMM
    • Korea Tikitiki AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Freezing Worker/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Korea Plumber/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 April 2007 Chamberlain
    Age 74 AWMM
    Taradale, Napier Chamberlain
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Riverside Cemetery, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM Plot 18, Row Q, Ex Servicemen Area, AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
      pp.135-6 AWMM
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM

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