Willie RUKA

Regimental number19303
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Ikara, Puka Puka
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Maori Contingent, 11th Reinforcements, Rarotongans
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Manuka on 16 November 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 28 January 1917
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (CE, EE, Grave No 584), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: died of disease in Australia en route to United Kingdom.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 44, p. 2

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