George Augustus King · Lt.-Col. · † 1917 · Register of names Talbot House

Personal data

Name	King
Initials	G.A.
Christian name	George Augustus
Date and place of birth	Christchurch
Family	Son of Elizabeth Clifton King and the late George King; husband of Annie Letitia King, of 27, Fairview Crescent, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand.

Service number	11/680
Rank	Lt.-Col.
Regiment / Unit	1 Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Date of death	12/10/1917
Age	32
Cemetery / Memorial	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, I.H.28

Information 1: Served in Egypt and Gallipoli
Information 2: Killed in action
Information 3: D.S.O. & Bar, 5 times Mentioned in Despatches, Croix de Guerre
Information 4: 'The King Lamp' - Auckland, New Zealand Branch. Endowed on 08.12.1926. First lit on 03.12.1927 at The Royal Albert Hall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of George Augustus King, Lt.-Col., D.S.O. with Bar, Croix de Guerre, 1st Canterbury Regiment and N.Z. Staff Corps, Passchendaele. 12.10.1917". This Lamp was passed on to the united Mount Eden-Auckland Branch on 03.04.1935.