Dooley Swann

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Dooley AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Swann AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Turi SWANN

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 May 2025 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21897, 15 December 1945, Page 1

Nama Hōia

817655 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

25 January 1923

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 November 2022 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KL6X-LT8/dooley-swann-1923-1944

Wāhi Whānau

Gisborne NZ

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Matene Kaipau POTAHU & Harata Te Wharengaio SWANN

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr T. Swann (father), Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

817655 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/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

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Matenga

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I. B. 16. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Swann, Pte. Dooley; father, Mr. T. Swann. Manutuke.

BEREAVEMENT NOTICE
Swann.— The family and relatives of the late Pte Dooley Swann, who was killed overseas wish to thank all kind friends, associations and churches for letters, telegrams and all messages of sympathy received during their recent sad loss.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 August 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21598, 28 DECEMBER 1944, PAGE 6 &
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21611, 13 JANUARY 1945, PAGE 1

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne 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/2237890
  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.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 14: WW2 95
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)