George Henry Ihaia Newton

Died 24 December 1943

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Service number
81291 AWMM
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Army AWMM
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Trooper AWMM
20 Armoured Regiment AWMM
War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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George Henry Ihaia AWMM
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Newton AWMM
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81291 AWMM
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Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
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World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Army AWMM
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81291 AWMM
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- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

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WW2 Trooper AWMM New Zealand Armoured Corps AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

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Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

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Trooper AWMM
20 Armoured Regiment AWMM

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Son of Mr and Mrs P. J. Newton, of Bluff, Southland AWMM

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24 December 1943 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM
Italy, Europe AWMM
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Killed in Action AWMM
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Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IX. E. 3. AWMM
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External links
- Pringle, D., Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-20Ba.html
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- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2375876
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References
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
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12 January 2022

Ian Banks

Taumarunui New Zealand

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