Jerry Atkins

Forenames

Jerry AWMM

Surname

Atkins AWMM

Also known as

• Heremia Kawha AWMM
• Jeremaiha AWMM
• Jerry Kawha AWMM

Service number

811345 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs R. Kawha (mother), Ford Street, Opotiki, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Feb 1944-31 Mar 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

811345 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Mooltan or Willem Ruys AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Death

24 Jul 1944 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VII. F. 14. AWMM

Obituary

Pte. Jeremaiha (Jerry) Kawha, only son of Mrs. Rangi Kawha, Ford Street. Pte. Jerry Kawha was killed in action serving with the Māori Battalion. He joined the Army soon after the outbreak of war, under his correct name, but was boarded out when it became known that he was under age. Being very anxious to serve his country he later again joined under the name of Atkins.

Opotiki News, Volume VII, Issue 784, 1 September 1944, Page 2 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2613652
  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
• Opotiki News, Volume VII, Issue 784, 1 September 1944, Page 2
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OPNEWS19440901.2.8
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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.
  WW2 13: WW2 7
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.