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WAREING, George Patrick
(Service number 12/1124)

Aliases Enlisted as George Wareing
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 9 May 1893 Place of Birth Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Paeroa
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Joseph Bernard WAREING (father), Temuka
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Auckland Infantry Battalion
Date 16 October 1914
Transport Star of India or Waimana
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Auckland Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Gunshot wound to right forearm

Post-war Occupations

Railway employee

Death

Date 13 August 1953 Age 60 years
Place of Death Waipawa
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Waipawa Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Patrick Wareing was the son of Joseph Bernard and Margaret (née Hoare) Wareing, of Temuka. His brother Cecil Wareing and cousin James Wareing also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 March 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 March 2017]; Waipawa Cemetery headstone image (Central Hawke's Bay District Council) [06 March 2017]

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