Moa Wharerau

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Moa AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Wharerau AWMM

Nama Hōia

811764 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM C/o T. Rae, Te Puke Rural Mail Delivery, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs K. Wharerau (wife), C/o T. Rae, Te Puke Rural Mail Delivery, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

811764 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

• Private AWMM
  New Zealand Infantry AWMM
• 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Matenga

16 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM II, A, 4. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, 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/2207396
  Sources Used

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 104
• 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.