Sir Robert Gillies

The tangihanga to honour the life of the last surviving member of the 28th Māori Battalion Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Gillies will be mourned by Te Arawa and Tainui waka on Saturday,

The last surviving member of the 28 Māori Battalion, Koro Bom died yesterday in his Rotorua home at the age of 99.

Te Ao Māori News understands he died at home in Rotorua surrounded by his whānau.