George Nia Nia
I whānau mai i te 7 May 1924
- Nama Hōia
- 817636 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 7 May 1924 AWMM
could be 1923 AWMM - Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
- GreytownPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 March 2025 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KFR4-YWV/george-tawhao-tawhirimatea-niania-1924-2000
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Matiu Ereatara NIANIA & Pare Ihaka Ranapia nee' ISSACPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 March 2025 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KFR4-YWV/george-tawhao-tawhirimatea-niania-1924-2000
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Care of Mrs V. Tapine, Bag 113, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs A. Niania (wife), Te Reinga, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
- Husband of Apikara Kokiri NianiaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 March 2025 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KFR4-YWV/george-tawhao-tawhirimatea-niania-1924-2000
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
- 817636 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
18 Oct 1945 AWMM
"Pte. Niania was a member of a company which encountered heavy opposition at the Scolo Fratturo Canal on 11 April 1945, where four German machine-gun commanded the banks, making further advance impossible. The platoon on the right of Pte Niania's platoon went to ground and a company of the battalion on the left was pinned down. Without hesitation and with complete disregard for his own personal safety Pte. Niania (who was acting as a section leader) led his section forward, charging the forward bank of the canal. He himself wiped out the two forward posts and his section the two remaining posts. Eleven Germans in all were killed, Pte. Niania killing five himself. After the bank had been cleared he charged on for five hundred yards, clearing houses and taking four prisoners. This gallant action by Pte. Niania was in great measure a vital factor in allowing the advance of the company to continue, thus permitting them and the troops on the rear bank to advance to their final objective, the river Santerno.(London Gazette 18/10/1945(I) The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Niania, George. (Ref. WO 373/14/307). Military Medal.18 Oct 1945." AWMM - War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
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
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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
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- 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
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- 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 - 'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.' (London Gazette, 18 October 1945, p.5103.). Military Medal.
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37310/supplements/5103
Further Reference - The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Niania, George. (Ref. WO 373/14/307). Military Medal.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7355744
Further Reference
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- Ngā tuhinga
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 14: WW2 73 - 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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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