Epa Hansard

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Epa AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hansard AWMM

Nama Hōia

62717 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1920

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 June 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/epa-hansard

Wāhi Whānau

Parua Bay, Whangarei,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 June 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/epa-hansard

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of George & Mary (Mereana) HANSARD

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 June 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/epa-hansard

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Parua Bay, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs M. Hansard (mother), Parua Bay, Whangarei, North Auckland, 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

62717 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, A 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, A Company AWMM

Epa Hansard was the son of George and Mary Hansard, of Parua Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

24 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 2. E. 17. 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/2113270
  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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 146
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.