Paul Silva served as a private in the Auckland Infantry Battalion during the First World War. At Gallipoli in 1915 he was severely wounded in the jaw and lost his left eye.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: AWNS-19150715-45-19
Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
Jamie Mackay. 'Silva, Paul Thomas', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/46498/private-paul-silva (accessed 8 July 2026).
