Walter George - New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

7th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

59109

About

Born in New Zealand

29 November 1887

Parents

Mother

Rosina George

Father

William George

Residence

Hometown

Kakahi

Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

S. Oldgham

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 96

17 June 1984

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 W5539 17/0044126, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.75, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 49.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Walter George (1887-1984)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2026 (2009), Accessed: 16 January 2026. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/306