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Edward Thomas Murray

  • Service number
    802445 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Eruera Tamati Mare AWMM
    • Ted AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Ted in his military photo.

Edward Thomas Murray (Eruera Tamati Mare), nic name Ted.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Murray AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Eruera Tamati Mare AWMM
    • Ted AWMM
  • Service number
    802445 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1914 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 March 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHDZ-Y2Y/eruera-tamati-murray-1914-1999
  • Place of birth
    Kopu, Thames Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 March 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHDZ-Y2Y/eruera-tamati-murray-1914-1999
  • Birth notes
    Son of Priscilla Te Aumihi Honora Mare & was raised by his Grandparents Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 March 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHDZ-Y2Y/eruera-tamati-murray-1914-1999
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tirohia, Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.R. Murray (wife), 205 Rollen Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 21 February 1944 AWMM Married AWMM
    • 1947 Eruera Tamati MURRAY married Emma Ratahi HALE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 March 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    802445 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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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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  • Fighting runs in the family
    Thank you great grandad for fighting for our freedom

    Now I'm here in 2023 fighting a different war
    And we will win
    Public - Jacob tamati - Direct descendant - 25 April 2023
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  • Love you forever my hero ❤️
    Miss you every single day!!!
    Public - Tatiana - Direct descendant - 25 April 2020
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  • Loving you always my hero, my maori warrior, my granddad x
    Public - Kaja - Direct descendant - 24 April 2020
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  • I need to find out WHAT MEDALS HE HAD because he was my Grandad so i need to find his medals.
    Public - Niki - Direct descendant - 19 February 2019
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 89 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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22 March 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
25 April 2023Jacob tamatiAuckland new zealand Direct descendant
25 April 2020TatianaMelbourne Direct descendant
24 April 2020KajaPukekohe NZDirect descendant
03 December 2019Barbara HamiltonDirect descendant

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