Witariana Heretaunga

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Witariana AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Heretaunga AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

• Witiana Mikaere AWMM
• Jack AWMM
• Binky AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 39713 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1923

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 August 2026 - Estimated from age when he died

Wāhi Whānau

NZ

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 August 2026 - Military record

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Mikaere & Kirikowhai HERETAUNGA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 August 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/witariana-heretaunga & NZ BDM records

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 Wairaupakau, Kaingaroa, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mrs Kirikowhai Heretaunga (mother), Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 39713 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

1941 AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Son of Mikaere and Kirikowhai Heretaunga of Whakarewarewa

Two sons brothers Witariana Heretaunga (Witiana Mikaere) and Atama (or Adam or Jack) Mikaere (25946) were killed in WW2.

Served as Witariana Heretaunga. Listed on the Whakarewarewa Memorial as Witiana Mikaere AWMM

Matenga

27 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. B. 7. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Memorial plaque, Rautapu Cave, Orakei Korako thermal park, near Taupo, New Zealand 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
• Te Ara website Rautapu Cave
  http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/volcanic-plateau-places/9/5
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2116298
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 86
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.