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Gus King

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Gus King

A popular and able commander of the New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion in the First World War, Gus King, pictured in uniform, died at Passchendaele in 1917.

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W. David McIntyre. 'King, George Augustus', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/45930/gus-king (accessed 4 June 2026).