Charles William Tepene*

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Military Medal for Acts of Gallantry
  • Born 30 June 1884, Ōtākou (on birth certificate), 31 May 1883, Ōtākou (on military records)
  • Died 19 May 1937, Dunedin
  • Last rank Sergeant
  • Service number 36696
  • Served In Fourteenth Platoon, Twenty-First Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion D Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Next of Kin John William Tepene (father), Otago Heads, Dunedin
  • Pre-war occupation Labourer/Freezing Works, Burnside Dunedin
  • ReligionChurch of England
  • Enlisted21 September 1916
  • EmbarkationAboard HMNZT 74, Ulimaroa, departed 21 January 1917, disembarked 27 March 1917, Plymouth, Devon, England
  • Theatres of operationWestern European 1917-1918-1919
  • Periods of service3 years 362 days
  • Returned to New Zealand4 July 1919 aboard s.s. Port Hacking
  • Discharged17 September 1919
Notes

* Tipene