Hone Kira Whareaitu

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Hone Kira AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Whareaitu AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 39638 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Takihiku o Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1916

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 February 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hone-kira-whareaitu

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

• Wairata’s (my great grandmother) maiden name was Mc Gregor not Mc Donald
  Public - Veronica Lee Ngahirapu - Direct descendant - 21 July 2025 - File is on Google, My ancestry.com.
  Multiple resources
• Son of Wiremu & of Wairata WHAREAITU (nee McDonald), of Whakarewarewa
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 February 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hone-kira-whareaitu

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

77 Vivian Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs I.N.K. Wahreaitu (wife), 18 Devon Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
• My great grandmothers last name is Whareaitu not Wahreaitu,
  
  Please correct the spelling error
  Public - Jason Cassius - Direct descendant - 2 August 2021 - Whareaitu

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 21 Feb 1944-31 Mar 1944 AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Ihipera Ngahirapu Whareaitu ( nee Ehau)
  Public - Veronica Lee Ngahirapu - Direct descendant - 21 July 2025 - Hone Te Kira and Ihipera Ngahirapu were my grandparents. His place of burial is the name given to my mother Florence Te Kira.
• husband of Ihipero Ugahicapu Whareaitu, of Rotorua
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 February 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hone-kira-whareaitu

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 39638 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Mooltan or Willem Ruys AWMM Temporary Corporal 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!

Matenga

1 Aug 1944 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VII. B. 4. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whakarewarewa, Te Hokowhitu-a-tu Memorial Gateway, Rotorua 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/2379631
  Sources Used

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.
  p.133
• 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.
• Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
• Ngāti Raukawa in World War 2 - 1939-1945 & further (credit to Reuben Waaka, Diane Taylor, Te Kenehi Teira). Part of “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.