Reihana Tangoiro

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Reihana AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Tangoiro AWMM

Nama Hōia

802225 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. abt 1915

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 August 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/reihana-tangoiro & NZ BDM Birth Records

Wāhi Whānau

East Coast, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 August 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/reihana-tangoiro & NZ BDM Birth Records

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Hohepa and Iwingaro Tipoki Tangoiro; husband of Hariata Tangoiro of Ruatoria

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs H. Tangoiro (wife), Repourua, Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Married AWMM
• 1939 Reihana TANGOIRO married Hariata MUA
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 August 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

802225 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM 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

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Reihana Tangoiro was the son of Hohepa and Iwingaro Tipoki Tangoiro; husband of Hariata Tangoiro, of Gisborne, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI, A, 4. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

KILLED IN ACTION - Tangoiro, Temp. L/Cpl. Reihana; wife. Mrs. H. Tangoiro, Ruatoria

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 August 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21598, 28 DECEMBER 1944, PAGE 6

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/2207342
  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

• 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. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 189
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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.