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• Name COSTAR
• Initials WR
• First name WALTER RICHARD
• Place of birth Auckland
• Country New Zealand
• Last residence Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand
• Family Son of Matoaka Atlantic and Sarah Caroline Costar, of Karaka, Papakura, New Zealand.
• Profession Electrician
• Extra info MM For bravery in the field. L.G. 28 January 1918, p1405.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Trentham, 20 October 1915
• Service number 2/2600
• Rank Gunner
• Medals Military Medal (MM)
• Regiment and unit not known not known New Zealand Field Artillery 11th Bty.
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career EMBARKATION: 8 January 1916, Wellington

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in the leg at n°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 9 December 1917
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVII - D - 18A

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