Eruera Te Kahu Iver Whakarau

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Eruera Te Kahu Iver AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Whakarau AWMM

Nama Hōia

62879 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM 25 Smith Street, Frankton, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs R. Whakarau (mother), 7 Bate Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

62879 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Railway Fireman/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM

Eruera Whakarau was the son of Te Matau Paranihi and of Rubina Paranihi (nee Sutherland), and stepson of George Whakarau, of Wanganui, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

24 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. H. 5. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East 3216 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/2212929
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 373
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.