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Mac Nuku

  • Service number
    • WWII 811498 AWMM
    • WWII 811498 Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Also known as
    Meketanara Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Mac Nuku ( front row 2nd from left) & relatives @ Trentham Military Camp, Wellington, New Zealand prior to Embarkation June 1944..jpg

Mac Nuku ( front row 2nd from left) & relatives @ Trentham Military Camp, Wellington, New Zealand pr …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Mac AWMM
    • Mac Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Surname
    • Nuku AWMM
    • Nuku Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Ingoa
    Meketanara Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Also known as
    Meketanara Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Service number
    • WWII 811498 AWMM
    • WWII 811498 Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Catholic Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Whakatane, New Zealand. Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Poroporo, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pahou - Poroporo, Whakatane, New Zealand. Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Post war occupation
    Labourer, Farm Hand, Civilian Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs E. Nuku (mother), Poroporo, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs. Erena Nuku (mother), Pahou - Poroporo, Whakatane, New Zealand. Father deceased prior to Embarkation. Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • Relationship status
    • Single AWMM
    • Single prior to World War II. Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 811498 AWMM
    • WWII 811498 Public - Matiu - Direct descendant - 4 October 2023 - Family Records
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • 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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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 74 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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04 October 2023MatiuWhakataneDirect descendant

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