This soldier has been identified as Baldy Hauraki, photographed here the 12th Reinforcements.
There is no record of Baldy Hauraki on our Battalion role which could indicate that he enlisted under a different name or that he trained with the reinforcements but he did not serve overseas.
Please contact the Site Administrator if you have information that can help us confirm this soldier's identity.
Reference:
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand
Reference: Detail of PA.000044
Photographer: Richard John James Thomson
Date: ca. 24 June 1944
Reproduction from a black and white original negative (film)
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