Charles Raharaha
I whānau mai i te 14 Oct 1919 - I mate atu i te 3 Dec 1945
- Nama Hōia
- 39434 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Charlie or HarePublic - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Whanau korero, his siblings always called him Charlie and we always refer to him as uncle Charlie.
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Charles AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Raharaha AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Charlie or HarePublic - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Whanau korero, his siblings always called him Charlie and we always refer to him as uncle Charlie.
- Nama Hōia
- 39434 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 14 Oct 1919 Public Source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- 14/10/1919Public - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Whanau Records
- Wāhi Whānau
- Te RainaPublic - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Whanau Records
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Houhora, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs Raharaha (mother), Houhora, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 39434 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- 1939-45 Star
Africa Star
8th Army Clasp
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-45
NZ War Service Medal
He was also eligible to receive the Memorial Cross, but I am not sure if his mum filled out the form to get it.Public - Kamera - Other relative - 7 April 2019 - Military personal file
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- Attested 16/1/1940, entered Palmerston North camp 26/1/1940Public - Kamera - Other relative - 7 April 2019 - Military personal records
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
- Officially 21, but really 20Public - Kamera - Other relative - 7 April 2019 - Military personal records, whanau birth records
- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
- Gimdigger, labourerPublic - Kamera - Other relative - 7 April 2019 - Whanau oral history, military personal records
Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
- 2/5/1940 left Aotea Quay, Wellington on board the Aquitania arriving Gourock Scotland 12/6/1940.
12/1/1941 left UK on Athlone Castle arriving Egypt 4/3/1941
15/3/1943 left Egypt on Nieuw Amsterdam arriving NZ 13/7/1943Public - Kamera - Other relative - 7 April 2019 - Military personal file
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Kōrero taurongo
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Te matenga
- Matenga
- 3 Dec 1945 AWMM
Age 27 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
- 3/12/1945Public - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - MLCM N76/288
- Pakeke i te matenga
- 26Public - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Whanau korero
- Wāhi Mate
- Evelyn Firth Home, Parnell, home for disabled servicemen.Public - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - MLCM N76/288
- Te momo matenga
- Killed on Active Service AWMM
- Attributed to war injuriesPublic - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Whanau records
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
- Buried on the 6th December, 1945 at the Houhora Cemetery, about 50kms north of Kaitaia.Public - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Whanau records, urupa records
- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
- Houhora Public Cemetery,
Cemetery Road,
HouhoraPublic - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Whanau korero - Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
- Sec. I, Gr# 16Public - Kamera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Whanau Records, urupa records
- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- 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/2920106
Sources Used - A tribute from the brother of Charles Raharaha in the Raharaha Nehemia whanau reunion book 2008/2009Public - Maryann - Direct descendant - 28 March 2019 - Raharaha - Nehemia Reunion Book 2008/2009
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- Ngā tuhinga
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 2: WW2 153 - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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