Whakapuru Tawhai

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Whakapuru AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Tawhai AWMM

Nama Hōia

67586 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1919

Public - Lorriane Mona - Researcher - 11 October 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/whakapuru-tawhai

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Haruru Tawhai and Hauraki Tawhai, of Waihau Bay

Public - Lorriane Mona - Researcher - 11 October 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/whakapuru-tawhai

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Raukokore, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs K. Tawhai (wife), Waihau Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

67586 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Corporal/Military 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

Son of Haruru Tawhai and Hauraki Tawhai, of Waihau Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Matenga

26 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. F. 11 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/2183467
  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. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 5: WW2 206
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.