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70 years ago this month

May 1942 the Battalion is still at Arsal in the Syrian foothills undertaking exercises and manoeuvres. Major Tiwi Love becomes the first Māori commander of the unit. Read the war diary for May 1942 here

Reuben Patrick Larkins

Serial No: 
39373
Surname: 
Larkins
Forename(s): 
Reuben Patrick
Next of kin on enlistment: 
Mrs M. Larkins (mother), Kaitaia, New Zealand
Rank: 
Private
Address on enlistment: 
Kaitaia, New Zealand

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I am Reuben Larkins' only

I am Reuben Larkins' only child and I reside in Henderson Waitakere City. Married to Geofrey Raymond Jackett Ex Royal Australian Regiment 1st, 3rd and 8th battalions who served in South Vietnam 1967 - 1969 as a 2nd Lt . Left Australian Army 1973 in the rank of Captain and seconded to the NZ Army with RNZIR. He resigned from the NZ Army in 1983 at the rank of Major and senior regular force officer with the 3rd Auckland Battalion. Married at Canungra Jungle Warfare Church of England Chapel 24th July 1970. I have two children Katrina Ngaire and Brendan Stuart. I also have six grandchildren Dylan Rory (father now serving with SAS in Afganastan) Jordan Daniel, Tayla Louise, Jayda Amber-Rose, Mily Rose and Samantha Presley Dad passed away on the 4th December 1979 and is buried at Victoria Valley alongside my mother Ada Elizabeth nee Karipa