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Sgt. John George Laverick MM
British Army 20th Btn. Nothumberland Fusilliers
from:Newfield, Durham
Jack Laverick was discharged at the end of hostilities with the rank of Sergeant. He returned to his trade of coal mining in the Newfield, Durham area. In 1919 he married Elizabeth Jackson and in 1926 emigrated to Hikurangi, New Zealand with Elizabeth and their young daughter Vera. Jack continued underground coal mining in the area.
With the outbreak of WW2 Jack enlisted in the New Zealand Army but was rejected for overseas service on health grounds due to being gassed during WW1.John George Laverick MM, died at Whanagrei Base Hospital, New Zealand on 29th February 1944 and is buried beside his beloved Elizabeth at Kaurihohore Cemetery, Northland, New Zealand.

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