Corporal Bill Henry Apiata VC - 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Group

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : NEW ZEALAND

CANTERBURY OTAGO TARANAKI WESTLAND

CANTERBURY / OTAGO

Name John Daniel,
HINTON		 Charles Hazlitt,
UPHAM		 Duncan Gordon,
BOYES		 Horace Robert,
MARTINEAU
Rank Sergeant Captain Midshipman Lieutenant
Force 20th Bn, 2nd NZEF ( Canterbury Regiment ) 20th Bn, 2nd NZEF ( Canterbury Regiment ) Royal Navy Protectorate Regiment, SA Forces
VC won Kalamai, Greece,
28 - 29 April 1941		 VC: Maleme, Crete, 22 - 30 May 1941
Bar: Ruweisat, Egypt, 14 - 15 July 1942		 Shimonoseki, Japan,
6 September 1864		 Game Tree, Mafeking, 2nd Boer War,
26 December 1899
London Gaz 17 October 1941 VC: 14 October 1941
Bar: 26 September 1945		 21 April 1865 6 July 1900
Born Colac Bay, Riverton,
17 September 1909		 Christchurch,
21 September 1908		 Cheltenham, England,
5 November 1846		 London, England,
31 October 1871
Died 28 June 1997,
Christchurch		 22 November 1994,
Christchurch		 26 January 1869,
Dunedin ( suicide )		 7 April 1916,
Dunedin
Grave Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch Harewood Crematorium, Christchurch
( headstone St Paul's Churchyard, Papanui )		 Anderson's Bay Cemetery, Dunedin Anderson's Bay Cemetery, Dunedin
Location
of VC		 National Army Museum, Waiouru National Army Museum, Waiouru Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Remarks None None None None

TARANAKI / WESTLAND

Name Harry John,
LAURENT		 Edward St John,
DANIEL		 Samuel,
MITCHELL
Rank Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant Captain of the Foretop
Force 2nd Bn, New Zealand ( Rifle ) Brigade Royal Navy Royal Navy
VC won Gouzeaucourt, France,
12 September 1918		 Inkermann & Sebastopol, Crimea,
5 November 1854		 Tauranga, New Zealand,
29 April 1864
London Gaz 15 November 1918 24 February 1857 23 July 1864
Born Tarata, Taranaki,
15 April 1895		 Bristol, England,
17 January 1837		 Apsley Guise, England,
8 September 1841
Died 9 December 1987,
Hastings		 20 May 1868,
Hokitika		 16 March 1894,
Drowned in the River Nikonui
Grave Hawera Crematorium, Taranaki Hokitika Municipal Cemetery, Westland Ross Cemetery, Westland
Location
of VC		 National Army Museum, Waiouru Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 West Coast Historical Museum, Hokitika
Remarks None None None

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