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Te Auraki

A he taua (war party) leads the caskets of Peter James Mollison, a Royal New Zealand Navy telegraphist, and Herbert Lester Humm, a driver with 10 Transport Company, New Zealand Army, who lost their lives in Korea more than 50 years ago, and where returned to family in New Zealand. NZDF photo.
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Repatriation from Korea last chapter of Te Auraki

07/10/201807/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2155 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

A Royal New Zealand Navy sailor and New Zealand Army soldier repatriated from Korea have been returned to their families

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Chaplain Class 4 Russell Bone delivers a prayer in the United Nations Military Cemetary in Busan, Korea, to start the process of disinterring the bodies of two New Zealand service personnel who died and were buried in Korea. NZDF photo.
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NZDF begins repatriation of members buried in Korea

27/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1657 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

The New Zealand Defence Force has begun repatriating two service personnel buried in Korea. CAPTION: Chaplain Class 4 Russell Bone delivers

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The remains of two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors are carried into St Christopher’s Chapel, Devonport Naval Base to be returned to their families, as part of project Te Auraki (The Return). NZDF photo.
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Two NZ sailors repatriated from England

26/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2160 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

Two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors repatriated from England were returned to their families this morning during an arrival ceremony

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Warrant Officer Ken Bancroft who is leading the vigil team of Royal New Zealand Navy sailors in England, examines the headstone of Engine Room Artificer Apprentice Philip Short, 20, who was killed in a vehicle accident and buried in England in 1958. NZDF photo.
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New Zealand exhuming sailors in UK for Te Auraki

13/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2137 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

The New Zealand Defence Force has begun repatriating two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors buried in England in the third tranche

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A coffin containing the remains of a New Zealand soldier is returned to his family at Auckland International Airport. NZDF photo. This was part of an ongoing known as Project Te Auraki (The Return).
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Repatriated New Zealand soldiers arrive in Auckland

21/08/201822/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2548 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

The remains of 27 New Zealand Defence Force personnel and one child repatriated from Malaysia and Singapore have been returned

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The reamins of 26 New Zealand Defence Force personnel and one child repatriated from Malaysia have been farewelled during a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. NZDF photo.
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Remains of NZ soldiers farewelled from Malaysia

20/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2604 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

Malaysian Armed Forces have farewelled the remains of New Zealand Defence Force personnel being repatriated to New Zealand during a

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