Sidney Turuki Rickus

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 30 December 1895, Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Died 23 September 1974, Dunedin
  • Last rank Private
  • Service number 25315
  • Served In 1st Māori Battalion, 14th Reinforcements, J Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Next of Kin Mrs H. Rita (mother), Bluff
  • Pre-war occupation Labourer, Waterside Workers, Bluff
  • ReligionChurch of England (Anglican)
  • Enlisted10 March 1916
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57, Tahiti or Maunganui, 26 June 1916, Wellington, disembarked 22 August 2016, Devonport, England
  • Theatres of operationWestern European 1916-1917
  • Periods of service136 days in New Zealand and one year 118 days overseas in Western Europe. Total service of one year and 254 days
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Rimutaka, 22 October 1917
  • Discharged18 November 1917, no longer fit for service on account of wounds received in action
  • AwardedBritish War Medal and Victory Medal
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