Richard Thomas Pihema

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Richard Thomas AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Pihema AWMM

Nama Hōia

38418 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1915

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 January 2026 - https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-Pihema/6000000037772066063

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Tamati Karaka Pihema and Hera Tamati Pihema

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 January 2026 - https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-Pihema/6000000037772066063

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Transmission Camp, Seacliffe Road, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr T. Pihema (brother), Okauia, Matamata, 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

38418 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Linesman/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Son of Tamati K. Pihema and Hera T. Pihema, of Okania AWMM

Matenga

5 Jan 1943 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya AWMM 12. D. 2. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Onehunga War Memorial Swimming Pool, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

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/2169060
  Sources Used

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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 283
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.