George David Te Au

  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Gallipoli Lapel Badge
  • Gallipoli Medallion
  • Born 7 February 1888, Colac Bay, Southland, New Zealand
  • Died 5 July 1977, Invercargill
  • Last rank Private/Trooper
  • Service number 9/525
  • Served In Otago Mounted Rifles, Main Body, Māori Contingent
  • Next of Kin Mr George Pauley (father), Colac Bay, Southland, Mrs Teresa Mary Clara Te Au (wife), Balclutha
  • Pre-war occupation Labourer for Henry Moss Longwood
  • ReligionPresbyterian
  • Enlisted15 August 1914, Invercargill
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9, Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay, departed 16 October 1914, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, disembarked Suez, Egypt
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian, 1914-15-16, Egyptian E.F. 1916, Balkan (Gallipoli), 1915 and Western Europe, 1916-17-18
  • Periods of service75 days in New Zealand and three years 453 days overseas in Egypt, Gallipoli and Western Europe. Total service of four years and 163 days
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Tahiti, 3rd December 1918
  • Discharged24 January 1919, no longer physically fit for war service
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, War Medal, New Zealand War Service Medal, Gallipoli Medallion and Gallipoli Lapel Badge
Notes

Served in WWI and WWII (823061).

Profile photo credit: Otago Witness 10 April 1918 via The Onward Project