Max Ernest William Winiki

Forenames

Max Ernest William AWMM

Surname

Winiki AWMM

Service number

64167 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

3 Apr 1917 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM C/o E.W. Hampton, Tatuanui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Amarii (mother), Taaone, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, Pacific Islands AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

64167 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Parents Teriimateata Marcelle Winiki and Thomas Merlin Winiki. Thomas (16/1001) served in WWI.

Surname morphed from Wing Kee. Of Chinese, German and Tahitian descent. AWMM

Death

24 Sept 1987 AWMM

Cemetery

Hamilton Park Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM RSA-17-131 AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 384
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Mataia, L. M. T. (2007). 'Odd men from the Pacific': the participation of Pacific Island men in the 28 (Maori) Battalion in the Second World War (Doctoral dissertation, University of Otago).