Akuhata Rore

Forenames

Akuhata AWMM

Surname

Rore AWMM

Service number

WWII 62693 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. 1917

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Place of birth

Poroporo, Whakatane

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Birth notes

Son of Mahea P. and Pure Rore, of Poroporo, Whakatane

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Address before enlistment

WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM Taneatua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs P. Rore (mother), Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 62693 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW2 Lance Corporal/Military Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Death

2 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. H. 1. AWMM

Obituary

IN MEMORIAM '
RORE Lance Corporal Akuhata Rore. No. 62693, in proud and loving memory of our son and brother who was killed in action at Gazala, Egypt, on 2nd November, 1942. Aged 25.
- Inserted by his parents and family.

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Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Taneatua War Memorial Hall, Bay of Plenty 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
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Roll of Honour, Taneatua War Memorial Hall, Bay of Plenty
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/taneatua-hall-roll-honour
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2211677
  Sources Used

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.
  WW2 4: WW2 305
• 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.