Reihana Tangoiro

Forenames

Reihana AWMM

Surname

Tangoiro AWMM

Service number

802225 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. abt 1915

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 August 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/reihana-tangoiro & NZ BDM Birth Records

Place of birth

East Coast, Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Hohepa and Iwingaro Tipoki Tangoiro; husband of Hariata Tangoiro of Ruatoria

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs H. Tangoiro (wife), Repourua, Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Married AWMM
• 1939 Reihana TANGOIRO married Hariata MUA
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 August 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

802225 AWMM

Military service

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Reihana Tangoiro was the son of Hohepa and Iwingaro Tipoki Tangoiro; husband of Hariata Tangoiro, of Gisborne, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI, A, 4. AWMM

Obituary

KILLED IN ACTION - Tangoiro, Temp. L/Cpl. Reihana; wife. Mrs. H. Tangoiro, Ruatoria

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 August 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21598, 28 DECEMBER 1944, PAGE 6

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne 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/2207342
  Sources Used
• Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
  https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
  Further Reference

References

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 189
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum.
• Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum.