Tamaturanga Te Rakai-a-Hawea Tomoana
I whānau mai i te 30 Nov 1913 - I mate atu i te 29 Jun 1943
- Nama Hōia
- WWII NZ41615 AWMM
- WWII 41514 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Tamaturangi AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW2 Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 149 Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 30 Nov 1913 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Mrs Kuini Ripeka Tomoana (mother), Waipatu Road, Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Wife: Mrs J. J. Wilkinson, Tor View, Glenwood, Dorking, Surrey, England (remarried) AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Married/WWII AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII NZ41615 AWMM
- WWII 41514 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 149 Squadron AWMM
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 13D. Graduation Date: 1/09/1941. AWMM - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, Ontario, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Book Keeper/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Vessel was Awatea AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW2 Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 149 Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Paraire Henare and Kuini Ripeka Tomoana of Hastings. Husband of H. Tomoana of Epsom, Surrey, England.
The CWGC register incorrectly records Tomoana's service number as 41514 and spells his first name as Tamaturangi. Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.
Attended Te Aute College and Napier Boys' High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)) AWMM - Father to Paraire Tomoana.
Grandchildren:
Amiria Keefe Tomoana, Hawea Tomoana, paritia Rigby, Mohi Tomoana, Ria Tomoana Crawford.
Number of Great grandchildren: 16.
Number of great great: 10.Public - Paritia - Direct descendant - 26 April 2020 - Family
- Son of Paraire Henare and Kuini Ripeka Tomoana of Hastings. Husband of H. Tomoana of Epsom, Surrey, England.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 29 Jun 1943 AWMM
Age 29 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Missing on operations in EuropePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 February 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205000296/hawea-tomoana
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
- Memorial in the Waipatu Cemetery, HastingsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 February 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205000296/hawea-tomoana
- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Sergeant Hawea Tomoana, who has been reported missing on air operations, is the second son of Mr and Mrs P. H. ("Friday") Tomoana, of Waipatu Pa, Hastings, 'and is well-known. - in this district, particularly as a Rugby player. He was born in 1914 and was educated at, Te Aute College and later at the Napier Boys' High School. He was a prominent member of the Celtic Rugby Club and represented the Hastings Sub-union, Hawke's Bay Colts and later Hawke's Bay as half-back. He joined the Air Force early in 1941 and shortly after went to Canada, when he gained his wings. The presentation of thisemblem of efficiency was actually made by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, on the occasion of liis visit to Canada. Eventually he went to- England, the Middle East, South Africa and back to England, where he married Miss Joyce Butler, of Epsom. While in Canada and in England he was a member of the New Zealand Air Force teams playing in the inter-Services Rugby matches. A brother, the youngest of the family, is Rongoiti, better known as "Tommy," who recently secured his commission in the Maori Battalion.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 February 2026 - H.B. Men in Casualties
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 86, Issue 267, 10 August 1943, Page 4 - Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Roll of Honour. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 35, 10 August 1943, Page 3
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430810.2.26&srpos
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1808914
Further Reference - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Sm- Ty. Archives New Zealand (R17845616)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845616
Sources Used
- Roll of Honour. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 35, 10 August 1943, Page 3
- Ngā tuhinga
- The Evening Post
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
vol.3, p.476 - This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Sm- Ty. Archives New Zealand (R17845616) - Former archives reference: AIR118
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
- Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
- Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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