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Just after 5.40pm on 28 December 1950 a freak wave slammed into 45ft passenger launch Ranui when she was returning from a holiday excursion to Mayor Island off Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. 23 people died.
HARNETT Geoffrey 34 Married with 6 children Fraser St, Tauranga Skipper of the Ranui
1916 |
August 28, 1916
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Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand
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1950 |
December 28, 1950
Age 34
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Tauranga Harbour, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
Death Registration Number: (reg. 1951/18421). |
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December 30, 1950
Age 34
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Tauranga Methodist Cemetery, [Block Section A, Row 7, Plot 31.], Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
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