Sidney Papa Hau

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Sidney Papa AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hau AWMM

Nama Hōia

62851 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1917

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 August 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/sidney-papa-hau

Wāhi Whānau

NZ

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 August 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/sidney-papa-hau

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Joe and Bessie I. Hau, of Auckland,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 August 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/sidney-papa-hau

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM 29 Davis Crescent, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr J. Hau (father), 29 Davis Crescent, Newmarket, Auckland, 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

62851 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Tile maker/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Sidney Hau was the son of Joe and Bessie I. Hau, of Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Matenga

1 Jan 1945 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI, A, 5. 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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2206979
  Sources Used
• 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

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 152
• Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Information kindly provided by family