Riwai Raurau Taare

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Riwai Raurau AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Taare AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Rewai Waimarama Taare AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 802208 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Whānautanga mai

1 Mar 1918 AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1920

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Wāhi Whānau

East Coast, Gisborne

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Hihi Taare and of Tawhai Taare (nee Temaro), of Rangitukia, East Coast

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Tikitiki, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Miss T. Taare (aunt), Tikitiki, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 802208 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion 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 AWMM

Riwai Taare was the son of Hihi and Tawhai Taare (nee Temaro) of Rangitukia, New Zealand. He was the nephew of Tai Taare of Rangitukia.

His brother was Rewai Taare (802207). AWMM

Matenga

29 Sept 1943 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM VIII. E. 18. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Killed Accidently - TAARE Pte. Rewai. Aunt. Mrs. I Taare, Tikitiki.

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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

Tangata Ope Tauā

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/2212400
  Sources Used
• Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
  https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 11: WW2 124
• 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.
• Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum.
• Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum.