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George David Te Au

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  • Service number
    • WWI 9/525 AWMM
    • WWII 823061 AWMM
    • WWII: 823061 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military record
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • WWI: Otago Mounted Rifles & NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military record
    • WWII: Home Guard - Southland Regt Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George David AWMM
  • Surname
    Te Au AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 9/525 AWMM
    • WWII 823061 AWMM
    • WWII: 823061 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military record
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 7 February 1888 AWMM
    • 7 February 1888 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    7 February 1888 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Colac Bay, Southland, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Colac Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • WWII: Millar's Flat, Tay St, Invercargill Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • George Pauley (father), Colac Bay, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WWII: Wife - Teresa Mary Clara Te Au Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1918 married Mary Bridges in Bath, England
      Father of 1 child in 1917 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • WWI: Otago Mounted Rifles & NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military record
    • WWII: Home Guard - Southland Regt Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • WWI 9/525 AWMM
    • WWII 823061 AWMM
    • WWII: 823061 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military record
  • Military service
    • 1914-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military record
    • 1939-1943 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) AWMM
      28 January 1918 AWMM
      London Gazette, p.1024 AWMM
    • Victory Medal AWMM
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star
      British War Medal
      Victory Medal
      The Meritorious Service Medal - awarded Jan 1919 in recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France & in Flanders
      1939-1945 NZ War Medal
      NZ War Service Medal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Otago, New Zealand AWMM
    • 13 Aug 1914 at Invercargill
      2 Sep 1939 at Invercargill Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    • Labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
    • WWII: Labourer for J Burrows, Coal Merchant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    26yrs; WWII: 51yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Military Record

Embarkations

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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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 July 1977 Public Source
  • Date of death
    5 July 1977 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Invercargill City Council's Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    90yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Invercargill City Council's Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Invercargill Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Invercargill City Council's Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Invercargill City Council's Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Soldiers Avenue - 2 / 513. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 March 2016 - Invercargill City Council's Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 715 AWMM
    • McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald. AWMM
      p.258 AWMM

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17 June 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
22 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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