Mita Tahata

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Mita AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Tahata AWMM

Nama Hōia

26036 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1913

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Wāhi Whānau

East Coast, Gisborne

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Hami Tahata, and of Kataraina Tahata (nee Teweehi), of Ruatoria,

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr D. Tahata (brother), Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Greece AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

26036 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Temporary Corporal AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Mita Tahata was the son of Hami Tahata, and of Kataraina Tahata (nee Teweehi), of Ruatoria, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

24 Apr 1941 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM 12. B. 3. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

A further list of approximately 250 members of the N.Z.E.F. who have been posted missing was issued to-day. Twenty-five rankers from Gisborne East Coast and Wairoa appear in the list. - Included was: Tahata, Temp. Cpl. Meta. Brother: Mr. H. Tahata, Ruatoria.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 August 2023 - N.Z.E.F. MEN POSTED MISSING
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20569, 31 MAY 1941, PAGE 4

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
• 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/2240759
  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. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 463
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.