Kerepori Kiwha

Forenames

Kerepori AWMM

Surname

Kiwha AWMM

Also known as

Kelly Kiwha AWMM

Service number

802028 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1915

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Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Te Kauri Kiwha and Tau Iwi Kiwha, of Puha, Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Puha, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr T. Kiwha (father), Puha, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• Husband of Te Akau Kiwha, of Puha, Gisborne
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

802028 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 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

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

• Son of Te Kauri Kiwha and Tau Iwi Kiwha, of Puha, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Te Akau Kiwha, of Puha. AWMM
• Sergeant K. Kiwha, recently wounded, is 29 years of. age, and was prominent in Gisborne football before proceeding overseas. He entered camp in December, 1942, and also has seen much service in the past two years. He is a married man with two children.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 August 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21547, 28 OCTOBER 1944, PAGE 6

Death

23 Oct 1944 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy AWMM V. A. 26. AWMM

Obituary

Sergeant K. Kiwha, recently wounded, is 29 years of. age, and was prominent in Gisborne football before proceeding overseas. He entered camp in December, 1942, and also has seen much service in the past two years. He is a married man with two children

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GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21547, 28 OCTOBER 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
• Te Karaka War Memorial, corner of Main and Station Roads, Te Karaka, 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/2223043
  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. (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 108
• 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.