Education - Te Koporu School. Trade - painter and paper hanger Sport - running, cycling, played for the Southern football team and was a Northern Wairoa representative. War - World War II, 1939-1945 - Campaign - 1941 Crete, Greece Service number - WWII 21885 Rank - WW2 Sapper Military Service Unit - New Zealand Artillery, 7 Field company, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon Medals and Awards - War Medal 1939-1945 & New Zealand War Service Medal Cause of Death - Killed in Action Memorial Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories Auckland Domain, an Olive Tree (Olea europaea) planted close to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the grounds of the Auckland Domain commemorates those who fought on Crete in 1941 Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville
