Edward Whatanui Waetford

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Edward Whatanui AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Waetford AWMM

Nama Hōia

39498 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM P.O. Box 85, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr Edward W. Waetford (father), P.O. Box 85, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

39498 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Sergeant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito

• WW2 POW - Crete AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug, modern day Šilutė, Lithuania AWMM

• Son of Edward Whatanui Waetford and Rawinia Wells. He had two sisters and a brother who also served in World War II. AWMM
• he had 5 sisters four in airforce 2 brothers 1wwii 1 korea
  Public - jennifer - Child - 20 August 2023 - family history

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

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
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• 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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 490
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.