Eruera Ngatote Ratana
I whānau mai i te 11 Dec 1920 - I mate atu i te 1 May 2004
- Nama Hōia
- 26003 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Hapakuku AWMM
- Edward AWMM
- Ratana-Hapakuku AWMM
- Eruera Ngatote Ratana HapakukuPublic - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Whanau papers
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Eruera Ngatote AWMM
- ErueraPublic - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Military personnel file
- Ingoa whānau
- Ratana AWMM
- Ingoa
- —
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Hapakuku AWMM
- Edward AWMM
- Ratana-Hapakuku AWMM
- Eruera Ngatote Ratana HapakukuPublic - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Whanau papers
- Nama Hōia
- 26003 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Pono
- KatorikaPublic - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Military personnel file
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 11 Dec 1920 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
- Pawarenga, HokiangaPublic - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Birth certificate
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Herekino, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
- Farm labourer, baker, truck driver, commercial painterPublic - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Whanau korero
- Uri kiritahi
- Mr Atama Hapakuku Ratana (father), Herekino, New Zealand AWMM
- Mr Ratana HapakukuPublic - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Whanau papers
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1941 AWMM Crete AWMM
- Monte Cassino AWMM
- Egypt 16 Dec 1940, Crete 8 May 1941, Egypt 10 June 1941, Wellington NZ 14 Dec 1843Public - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Military personnel files
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 26003 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 (15/5/40 to 1/8/42 Dad NZ and Middle East)
Africa Star and Clasp (1/1/41 to 12/5/43 Dad North Africa)
Defence Medal (1939-45 not sure of Dad's dates Egypt and Syria)
War Medal (15/5/40 to 1/8/44 Dad NZ and overseas)
NZ War Service Medal (15/5/40 to 1/8/44 Dad 2NZEF)
Greek War Medal (8/5/41 to 10/6/41 Dad Crete)Public - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Military Personnel 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
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
- Farm labourerPublic - Ted - Child - 23 April 2026 - Whanau korero
Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
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
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- —
Kōrero taurongo
- Husband of Agnes; father of Les, Zac, Ted, Lorraine, Maria, Joe
Listed on the Nominal Roll as Eruera Ratana. Registered at BDM, death regietr as Ratana-Hapakuku. Listed in the death notices as Eruera (Hapakuku) Ratana and Eruera Ngatote (Edward) Ratana-Hapakuku AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 1 May 2004 AWMM
Age 83 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
- 11 May 2004Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Family present at his death
- Pakeke i te matenga
- 83Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Death Certificate
- Wāhi Mate
- Ranui, West Auckland, Aotearoa, New ZealandPublic - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Family present
- Te momo matenga
- Postate CancerPublic - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Medical history
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
- Grandad Eruera passed away at his daughter'sPublic - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Family Present
- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
- Peetere Urupa, Manukaukau, Herekino, Kaitaia, NorthlandPublic - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Family Urupa
- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
- With his wife AgnesPublic - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Family present at burial
- Pānui Matenga
- Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 May 2004 AWMM
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - 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
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
- Ngā tuhinga
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 3: WW2 393 - The New Zealand Herald
Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 May 2004 - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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