Whiu Te Purei

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Whiu AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Te Purei AWMM

Nama Hōia

67551 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1912

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 September 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Whiu-Te-Purei/6000000071271290866 & https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/whiu-te-purei

Wāhi Whānau

Tikitiki, East Coast, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 September 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Whiu-Te-Purei/6000000071271290866 & https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/whiu-te-purei

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Mohi and Heni Te Waiehu Te Purei, of Tikitiki

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 September 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Whiu-Te-Purei/6000000071271290866 & https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/whiu-te-purei

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Otaramarae, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs M. Leach (sister), Whangara, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Partner of Hinehou Rahera Te Purei
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 September 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Whiu-Te-Purei/6000000071271290866

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

67551 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Motor Truck Driver/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

• Whiu Te Purei was the son of Mohi and Heni Te Waiehu Te Purei, of Tikitiki, New Zealand. AWMM
• My name is Ani Waka Leach, my mother Matekino Hoana Te Awakehe Leach was the eldest child of Mohi and Heni Te Purei, She was the named next of kin in your records
  Public - Ani - Other relative - 18 August 2016 - Whakapapa knowledge

Matenga

4 Jun 1944 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM X. H. 14. 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
• 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/2613112
  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. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 5: WW2 208
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.