Wiremu Mita Hotene
I whānau mai i te b. 1919
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 August 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239059809/wiremu-mita-hotene
- I mate atu i te 21 Jul 1945 - Nama Hōia
- 65227 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- William AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
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- Rā i whānau mai ai
- b. 1919Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 August 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239059809/wiremu-mita-hotene
- Wāhi Whānau
- WhakatanePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 August 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239059809/wiremu-mita-hotene
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Kereopa and Turuhira Hotene, of Ohope, Bay of PlentyPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 August 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239059809/wiremu-mita-hotene
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Ohope, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs Turuhira Hotene (mother), Ohope, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, 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
- 65227 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
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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
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company 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
- Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Kereopa and Turuhira Hotene, of Ohope
Listed on the Nominal Roll as William Hotene. Listed by CWG as Wiremu Mita Hotene AWMM - Bay of Plenty Beacon, Issue 8, 31 July 1945, Page 5 - Another promising young member of the Maori, Mr Wirernu (Meta) Hotene of Ohope, passed away recently at the Whakatane Hospital. The late Mr Hotenewho was 26 years of age and a returned soldier of the Maori Battalion was born at Whakatane. He was schooled at Paroa and later at the Whakatane High School where he gained some prominence on the Rugby field as a promising halfback. Later he represented Poroporo. After spending some years on hist father's farm he. enlisted and went overseas in time to take part in the great offensive at El Alamein and the subsequent victories which culminated in the declaration of peace. He was wounded at Cassino and was repatriated home. His health remained indifferent thereafter and one year after his arrival in this country he died after an illness of three monthsPublic - Lorrain e Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wiremu-mita-hotene
- Son of Kereopa and Turuhira Hotene, of Ohope
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 21 Jul 1945 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed on Active Service AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatane-Ohope Road, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM Services Area. 11. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- HOTENE. At his parents home, on Saturday last, Wiremu (65227) loved son of Mr and Mrs Kelly Hotene, Pahou, aged 26 years. Funeral will leave Pohaturoa Rock at 1.30 p.m. for Soldier's plot, Hill Cemetery. 184Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 August 2026 - Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 08, Issue 92, 24 July 1945, Page 1
- 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/2921344
Sources Used
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- Ngā tuhinga
- 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 168 - Cooke, P. (2018). Roll of New Zealand’s Second World War Dead. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group.; Peter Cooke; 2018.
p.221 - Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
- 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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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