Anania Wi Keepa

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Anania AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Wi Keepa AWMM

Nama Hōia

67595 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Tauranga Moana, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1913

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/anania-wi-keepa

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Parekochoea and Hehihehi Wi Keepa, of Motiti Island

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/anania-wi-keepa

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Otakiri, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs K. Wi Keepa (wife), Paroa, Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Ketia Wi Keepa, of Poroporo,
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/anania-wi-keepa

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Tunisia AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

67595 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Anania Wi Keepa was the son of Parekochoea and Hehihehi Wi Keepa, of Motiti Island, New Zealand; husband of Ketia Wi Keepa, of Poroporo. AWMM

Matenga

20 Apr 1943 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM IV. B. 11. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/2230171
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 5: WW2 226
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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.