Panapa Ratahi

Forenames

Panapa AWMM

Surname

Ratahi AWMM

Service number

65476 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Birth

1921 Public Source

Date of birth

1921

Public - Enid - Direct descendant - 24 April 2020 - Whanau Whakapapa

Place of birth

Whakatane

Public - Enid - Direct descendant - 24 April 2020 - Whanau Whakapapa

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Teko, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Public Works Department - Awakeri Quarry Whakatane

Public - Enid - Direct descendant - 24 April 2020 - Papers Past Newspaper
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Vol 2 Issue 114, 24 January 1940

Next of kin

• Mrs K. Ratahi (wife), Te Teko, New Zealand AWMM
• Kathleen Ratahi
  Public - Enid - Direct descendant - 24 April 2020 - Whanau Records

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

65476 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM

Panapa Ratahi was the son of Hura and Turupou Ratahi of Whakatane. He was the husband of Kathleen Ratahi of Te Teko, Bay of Plenty. AWMM

Death

9 Jul 1946 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatane-Ohope Road, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM Services Area. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/2921347
  Sources Used

References

• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• 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 292
• 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.