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Thomas Te Moananui Hirama

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Te Moananui AWMM
  • Surname
    Hirama AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    39118 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Okuku, Great Barrier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Te Moananui Hirama (father), Puru, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married to Matehana Te Teira Public - Veronica Ann - Direct descendant - 5 October 2021 - Family papers

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1963 AWMM
    Age 52 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Ko koe ko Au, Ko Au ko Koe!! Mō ake tonu atu...
    Public - Veronica - Direct descendant - 21 April 2023
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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 87 AWMM
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 April 2023Veronica Wattle Downs, Manurewa Direct descendant
05 October 2021Veronica Ann Manurewa, Auckland, NZDirect descendant

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