John Paul Irwin
I whānau mai i te 19 Jul 1922 - I mate atu i te 1 Mar 1987
- Nama Hōia
- 637163 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- NZ Artillery before transferring to 28th N.Z. (Maori) Bn in ItalyPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
- GENERALPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- John Paul AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Irwin AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- 637163 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngā Iwi o Mataatua, Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Iwi o Tākitimu, Tākitimu, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngā Iwi o Tākitimu, Tākitimu, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngā Iwi o Mataatua, Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngā Iwi o Nukutere, Nukutere, Māori AWMM
- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 19 Jul 1922 Public Source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- July 19, 1922Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
- Wāhi Whānau
- Waimana, BOP, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Only son William Irwin (aka Valanda Gustafson) and Terewai Te WharePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin & Research
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Oponae, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
- Carpenter & Graduated to Building InspectorPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
- Uri kiritahi
- Mr W. Irwin (father), Oponae, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 21 Feb 1944 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Greece, Crete, Sardinia, Corsica, Tunisia, ItalyPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- NZ Artillery before transferring to 28th N.Z. (Maori) Bn in ItalyPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
- Nama Hōia
- 637163 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 Farm hand/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 Vessel was Mooltan or Willem Ruys AWMM General/Military 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
- GeneralPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- WW2 veteran, served with 28 Maori Battalion in Greece, Crete, Sardinia, Corsica, Tunisia, Italy. Died 1 Mar 1987, buried at RSA cemetery Wairoa.
Only son of William Irwin (aka Valanda Gustafson) and Terewai Te Whare. His only blood sister, Mihirangi perished at age 2 in a fire , along with their mother in 1926.
John Paul Irwin - Reg No. 637163
John Irwin died March 1 1987 and was laid to rest in the Wairoa Servicemen's Cemetery. He was born in Waimana, July 19, 1922 of Tuhoe and Ngati Kahungunu descent.
He was brought up by the Ratu Lewis family of Nuhaka and attended Wairoa District High School. The guidance and direction of John's life was set by Rev. Lewis for John's life was one of service to the communities in which he lived. Notable among his many involvements was the prominent part he played in the refurbishing of the Waimako Pa.
During WWII he served with the artillery before transferring to 28th N.Z. (Maori) Bn, in Italy where he remained until the end of the war.
On returning home he joined the Dept. of Maori Affairs as a carpenter and graduated to building inspector.
In 1963 he moved to Auckland as a building supervisor and is remembered for the part he took in Auckland Branch and his involvement with the Tuhoe marae Tira Hou.
He returned to Wairoa in 1977 as the County Council Building Inspector and was elected to the Wairoa District Council.
For the last ten years he was President of the Wairoa Branch of 28th Bn and at the time of his death was Vice-President of Wairoa R.S.A.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 1 Mar 1987 AWMM
- Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
- 64 yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - Wairoa Cemetery Records
- Wāhi Mate
- Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - Wairoa Cemetery Records
- Te momo matenga
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
- John Paul Irwin, Building Inspector, died 1 March 1987 aged 64yrs in WairoaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - Wairoa Cemetery Records
- Urupā
- Wairoa Cemetery, Fraser Road, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
- CE id: 030123A; Plot 23 Row 1; Gis Plot # 23; Cemetery Block APublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - Wairoa Cemetery Records
- 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/
Sources Used - 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-paul-irwin
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
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- Ngā tuhinga
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 13: WW2 61 - 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. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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