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Marino Te Hei

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Cpl # 26050 Marino TE HEI of Ruatoria 4th Reinforcements of the 28th Maori Battalion Wounded once

Marino TE HEI

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Marino AWMM
  • Surname
    Te Hei AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Pipi Tehei AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 26050 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 Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R. Tehei (aunt), Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 26050 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Haki Tangira (802224) who was killed whilst serving with the 28 (Maori) Battalion.

    Listed on the Nominal Roll as Pipi Tehei. Headstone named as M. Te Hei AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    18 November 1984 AWMM
    Age 63 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Road, Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM RSA34: Plot 164 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • arohanui dad and mum /Marino and Rongokino Te Hei xx
    Public - Reremoana Te Hei - Child - 5 July 2023
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  • Love you my namesake and my Papa! Everything I do and will continue to do will be in honour of your life and sacrifice for our people love you mo ake tonu atu X
    Public - Marino - Direct descendant - 25 April 2020
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  • I love you grandad x
    Public - Moana - Direct descendant - 18 February 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 467 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

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
05 July 2023Reremoana Te HeiRuatoriaChild
27 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
25 April 2020MarinoAuckland Direct descendant
18 February 2016MoanaAucklandDirect descendant

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