William Takiwa Duff

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William Takiwa AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Duff AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 802444 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Kurahaupō, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1918

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 June 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-takiwa-duff

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Hankino & Hingina Tami DUFF

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 June 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-takiwa-duff

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 43 Amahau Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mrs F. Duff (wife), PO Box 71, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Freda DUFF of Ratana
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 June 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-takiwa-duff

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 802444 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Mill hand/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM 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 Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

William Duff was the son of Haukino and Hingina Tami Duff; husband of Freda M. Duff, of Ratana, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM II, A, 5. 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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2206871
  Sources Used
• 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

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.
• 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.