Matthew Tawhiao

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Matthew AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Tawhiao AWMM

Nama Hōia

67587 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1919

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Wāhi Whānau

Tauranga

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Norman Whana Tawhiao and Paeroa Tawhiao of Matakana Island, Tauranga,

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM C/o C.W. Fairweather, P.B., Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs P. Tawhiao (mother), Tirohanga, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

67587 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

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Matthew Tawhiao was the son of Norman Whana Tawhiao and Paeroa Tawhiao, of Opotiki, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

22 Jan 1945 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XIV, B, 6. 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/2636399
  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.