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Walter George Dean

1888-1980

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

40307

About

Born in New Zealand

11 March 1888
Parents

Mother

Leonora Dean

Father

William Dean
Residence

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Waihi Rifles

    5 years in New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Meritorious Service Medal ribbon

    Meritorious Service Medal
    In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Army in the field.

    Death

    Died at the age of 92

    6 May 1980

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 25/0032938, Military Personnel File.

    London Gazette, 3 June 1919, p. 6919.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Walter George Dean (1888-1980)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/200

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