New Zealand Tunnellers

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

Victory Medal

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