

New Zealand
Close to 30,000 New Zealand servicemen and women are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in our cemeteries and on our memorials around the world. New Zealand and Māori forces served with distinction in both the First and Second World Wars, including the bloody fighting at the Somme and Gallipoli. Tell us their stories.


Corporal Hone Tatarana Raponi 16/184, New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Wing Commander Nelson Reuben Mansfield, 43707, Royal Air Force 156 Sqdn.
Private 39242 Pahau Raponi 28 (Maori) Battalion, “B” Company New Zealand Infantry
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Pilot Officer Joseph Darcy Keith Sterling , 421540, RNZAF, 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Sergeant Horton Neilson Wade, NZ42313, NZAF, 218 Sqn.
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