Wallace Matatia Brell

Forenames

Wallace Matatia AWMM

Surname

Brell AWMM

Also known as

• Walter AWMM
• Wally AWMM

Service number

617377 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Birth

24 Oct 1923 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM C/o McGills, P.O. Box 136, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr L. Brell (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

617377 AWMM

Military service

• 21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM
• 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM
• 21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW2 Temporary Corporal AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• Jayforce Temporary Sergeant Nominal rolls J-Force (R22440245) 27 Infantry Battalion, 4 Company Nominal rolls J-Force (R22440245) British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan, Main Body AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

Warrant Officer AWMM

Husband of Naomi Te Aoerere

Name is listed in the Nominal Roll as Walter Brell. Unit details, 21 and 28 (Maori) Battalion compiled from information in the Death Notice AWMM

Death

17 Sept 2011 AWMM
Age  86 AWMM

Cemetery

Kauae Cemetery, 365 - 383 Ngongotaha Road, Rotorua District, New Zealand AWMM Block 8 Section R77 Plot 12 AWMM

Obituary

Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 19 September 2011 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Rotorua District cemetery records
  http://www.rdc.govt.nz/our-services/cemetery-services/Onlincemeterysearch/Pages/default.aspx
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
  Sources Used
• 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
• J Force Wikipedia Page
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
  Further Reference
• Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 15: WW2 19
• The New Zealand Herald
  Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 19 September 2011
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006.
• 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Cody, J. F., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
  p.97
• Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
• Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.