Fred Te Namu

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Fred AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Te Namu AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Pereri Wirihana Te Namu AWMM

Nama Hōia

65203 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Whānautanga mai

20 Sept 1916 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Kapenga, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr W. Te Namu (father), Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

65203 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  28 Jan 1943 AWMM
  This soldier showed exceptional courage during the attack on Point 29 on the night of 1-2 November 1942. With rifle and hand-grenades he killed seven of the enemy, wounding several more. Later he held his section forward and destroyed two more enemy posts killing three men and wounded several more. Later he led his section forward and destroyed two more enemy posts killing three men and wounding and and capturing one. He then returned to the first enemy post and mounted one of the captured machine-guns, manning it for the remainder of the night and the whole of the next day under heavy mortar and machine-gun fire. His conduct throughout the action was a source of inspiration to his comrades. (London Gazette 28/1/1943 (I)) The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Te Namu, Fred. (Ref. WO 373/23/458). Military Medal. 28 Jan 1943 AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
  Wounded October 1942 AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Matenga

17 Dec 1943 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XVI. D. 20. 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
• 'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.' (London Gazette, 28 January 1943, p.526.). Military Medal.
  http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35879/supplements/526
  Further Reference
• The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Te Namu, Fred. (Ref. WO 373/23/458). Military Medal.
  http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7360666
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2215045
  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

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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 347
• Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Coffey, J., & Wood, B. (2008). 100 years : Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008. Wellington, N.Z. : Huia.