Patrick Kereti

Forenames

Patrick AWMM

Surname

Kereti AWMM

Service number

65189 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Date of birth

b. 1919

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 September 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/patrick-kereti

Place of birth

Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 September 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/patrick-kereti

Birth notes

Son of Tuhimata and Erenora KERETI

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 September 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/patrick-kereti

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr T. Kereti (father), Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

65189 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 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 Tuhimata and Erenora Kereti, of Whakarewarewa AWMM

Death

18 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. K. 3. AWMM

Obituary

Private Patrick Kereti, who has been reported killed in action, was and had been on service with the 28tn Maori Battalion for nearly three years, He was born at Ohinemutu and was educated at St. Peter's College, Northcote. His brother, John Kereti, has the distinction of being the only Maori in the Royal Canadian Navy

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2024 - NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 81, ISSUE 25017, 6 OCTOBER 1944, PAGE 7

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whakarewarewa, Te Hokowhitu-a-tu Memorial Gateway, Rotorua AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28 (Maori) Battalion Roll of Honour originally published in Cody (1956). Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor-_N100649.html
  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
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/patrick-kereti-0
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2410397
  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 190
• 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.