Dick Hakaraia

Forenames

Dick AWMM

Surname

Hakaraia AWMM

Service number

39351 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Date of birth

b. 1906

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 December 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/dick-hakaraia

Birth notes

Son of Hakaraia Patene and of Te Meringa (nee Pirihi), of Te Puke

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 December 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/dick-hakaraia

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Horohoro, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Rangi Greening (cousin), Horohoro, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39351 AWMM

Military service

28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Dick Hakaraia was the son of Hakaraia Patene and of Te Meringa (nee Pirihi), of Te Puke AWMM

Death

2 Jun 1941 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 15. D. 5. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file, Headquarters, New Zealand Defence Force
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20949897
  Further Reference
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• 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
• 28th Maori Battalion Profile
  https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/dick-hakaraia
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/936744
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 77
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• The Maltameter [edited by W.H. Gummer] H.M.A.T. 17 "Malta" October and November 1918.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.