James Ehau

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

James AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Ehau AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

• Hohepa Te Rahui EHAU
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 August 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243779561/hohepa-te_rahui-ehau
• James Hohepa EHAU
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 August 2026 - NZEF List of NZ Maori Battalion Soldiers

Nama Hōia

WWII 65182 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1920

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 April 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243779561/hohepa-te_rahui-ehau

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mr K. Ehau (father), Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 65182 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Carpenter/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, 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!

James Ehau was the son of Kepa and Ngahirapu Ehau, of Rotorua, and the husband of D. G. Ehau, of Ohinemutu. AWMM

Matenga

2 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XI. J. 12. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Rotorua Citizens War Memorial (World War 2) 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/2093638
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• 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 107
• 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.