Peter Tai

Forenames

Peter AWMM

Surname

Tai AWMM

Service number

810622 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1923

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Place of birth

Opotiki

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Birth notes

Son of James Tai and Mary Tai, of Opotiki,

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Public Works Department Camp, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Tai (mother), Lower Waiawa, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

810622 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

• Son of James Tai and Mary Tai, of Opotiki, AWMM
• My great grandfather Fredrick Returned back too Opotiki after the war , and come home to his first son , my grandfather Renata Taamepo Tai who was born while my grandfather was serving for the war (15 March 1943
  Public - Sylvanna Genavene Maria - Direct descendant - 24 December 2022 - Family knowledge

Death

20 Jan 1945 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I. A. 12. 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
• 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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237892
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 14: Ww2 95
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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.