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Te Aorere Sutherland

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Te Aorere AWMM
  • Surname
    Sutherland AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Sonny AWMM
  • Service number
    65402 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Awahuri, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o P.O., Awahuri, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R.M. Pou (mother), 391 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    65402 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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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 December 1942 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM Column No. 105 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • He is my Uncle, my father was Hone Sutherland of Palmerston North His Brother. My Brother Wayne and i both live in Invercargill. Our sister Meegan Sydow lives in Christchurch, and our other Sister Gay Adsett lives in Taihape.
    Rip Les
    Public - Les - Other relative - 25 April 2022
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  • Ko Metapere Sutherland he tuahine o Te Aorere. Na Metapere, ko Nellie raua ko Shirley. Na Nellie ka puta ko matou. Okiokoi ai e te Matua
    Public - Tipene - Other relative - 23 April 2018
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 341 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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25 April 2022LesInvercargill,NZOther relative
23 April 2018TipeneWellingtonOther relative

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