Tuhaka Teihanga Babbington
I whānau mai i te 5 Nov 1922 - I mate atu i te 6 Aug 2006
- Nama Hōia
- 445856 AWMM
- V34289 AWMM
- Malaya 34289 AWMM
- V34289 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Sonny AWMM
- Tuhinga AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW2 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM
- Warrant Officer Class 1 AWMM
- Pakanga
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 5 Nov 1922 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
- Tokomaru BayPublic - Jo - Child - 23 April 2020 - Birth Certificate in family papers
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- WW2 Care of M. Smith, Crownthorpe, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
- Living with his whangai parents. Uncle Tu, was shepherding and Dad was working on the farm alongside him.Public - Jo - Child - 23 April 2020 - Family papers
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
- ArmyPublic - Jo - Child - 23 April 2020 - Period of regular service 9th January 1950 to 5th November 1972 - Source Dad's Certificate of Service in the New Zealand Army
- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Mr T. McIlroy (uncle), PO Box 450, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Kauhanga riri
- —
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 445856 AWMM
- V34289 AWMM
- Malaya 34289 AWMM
- V34289 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
- British Empire Medal (BEM) AWMM
1961 AWMM - Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM
- British Empire Medal (BEM) AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Stationhand/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 Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
- Malaya Fiji Infantry Regiment NZMVA British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - Malaya Warrant Officer NZMVA New Zealand Regiment, 1 Battalion, B Company NZMVA British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve AWMM
3rd Embarkation 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
- Wounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM
Wounded 1945 AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW2 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM
- Warrant Officer Class 1 AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Husband of Margaret, father of Sharyn, Joanne, Bruce.
Served in Malaya 1957-1959. Source: New Zealand Malaya Veterans Association.
Photo of WO2 T.T. Babbington in I.N.Z. Regiment, WOs & SGTs (Sabroan Camp, Taiping, Perak 1958 - 1959) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 6 Aug 2006 Cemetery Record
Age 83 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
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Papakura Cemetery, Great South Road, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Plot 25, Row A, Gatland Road Rsa Lawn AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Death Notice: NZ Herald 8 August 2006 AWMM
- 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. Personal page
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/tuhaka-babbington
Further Reference - 'An East Coaster Who Made the Army His Career - T. Babbington', The Battalion Remembers II, April 1986
https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/memory/an-east-coaster-who-made-army-his-career
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. Personal page
- Ngā tuhinga
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 12: WW2 9 - Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
Portrait published in Soutar (2008) - Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
p.363; p.494 - Information kindly provided by family
- 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162).
- Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp.
- This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021).
- Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment.
- Black, E. A. (n.d.). N.Z. armed forces honours & awards : Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, 1950-1972. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence Headquarters.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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