John Ratimera* Te Au

  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Gallipoli Medallion
  • Gallipoli Lapel Badge
  • Born 12 October 1893, Colac Bay, Southland, New Zealand
  • Died 3 January 1970, Tuatapere
  • Last rank Private
  • Service number 9/1242
  • Served In New Zealand Pioneer (Māori) Battalion, 6th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles
  • Next of Kin Mr Ratimera Te Au (father), Colac Bay, Southland
  • Pre-war occupation Farmer for A. McPherson, Pahia
  • ReligionPresbyterian
  • Enlisted16 April 1915
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 28, Tofua, departed 14 August 1915, Wellington, disembarked 19 September 1915, Suez, Egypt
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian, 1915-16, Egyptian E.F. 1916, Balkan (Gallipoli), 1916 and Western Europe 1916-17
  • Periods of service252 days in New Zealand and two years 275 days overseas in Egypt, Gallipoli and Western Europe. Total service of three years and 161 days
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Marama, 6th April 1918
  • Discharged23 September 1918, no longer physically fit for war service
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Gallipoli Medallion and Gallipoli Lapel Badge
Notes

*Also recorded as John Katimera Te Au.