Rangi Henderson

Forenames

Rangi AWMM

Surname

Henderson AWMM

Service number

62583 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1917 Public Source

Date of birth

1917

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Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Arthur William and Te Paea Henderson, of Te Araroa

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr A.W. Henderson (father), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Tunisia AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

62583 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

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

• Rangi Henderson was the son of Arthur William and Te Paea Henderson, of Te Araroa, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM
• Rangi is a brother to John Henderson # 67415 who was also killed in WWII
  Corporal Rangi Henderson, who embarked with the 5th Reinforcements. He was killed in action on the 26/3/43.
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 January 2016 - Research & http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/photo/rangi-henderson

Death

26 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. F. 10. AWMM

Obituary

Henderson. —Treasured memories of our dear son, Rangitakina Waiheke Tureia, who was killed in action at Tabarca Gap, March 26, 1943.
Our days are covered o’er with grief,
And sorrows neither few nor brief.
Veil all in gloom; Left desolate of real good
Within this cheerless solitude
No pleasures bloom.
—Ever remembered by his parents.

Henderson. A sacred tribute to the memory of our dear brother L/Cpl. Rangi, who fell at Tabarca Gap, March 26th, .1943.
’Tis but a year, brother dear, Since, you departed for the land of the hereafter,
Though we’ll not see you on earth.
Memories of you will remain As fresh as the morning dew.
—Inserted by his sister Okeroa and brother William.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 July 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM.
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21363, 25 MARCH 1944, PAGE 1

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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2182891
  Sources Used
• 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

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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.
  WW2 4: WW2 157
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.