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Cenotaph record

Wiremu Rangi Akuira

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wiremu Rangi AWMM
  • Surname
    Akuira AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    16248 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tuahiwi Road, Kaiapoi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H Akuira (wife), Tuahiwi Road,Kaiapoi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    16248 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
    WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy POW Deaths (R25405152)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of sickness whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
    • 31 May 1943 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Military Hospital. Udine Abscess Brain. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Akuira Te Rangi and Ngahei Te Rangi, of Rangiotu, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Hera Akuira, of Linwood, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    31 May 1943 AWMM
    Age 40 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Udine War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. E. 2 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2817587
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 8 AWMM
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM

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