Dave Heta

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Dave AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Heta AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Rewi HETA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 March 2025 - NZ BDM Birth records

Nama Hōia

801795 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1921- 1922

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Wāhi Whānau

Pupuke, Auckland

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Allen Heta and Kataraina Heta, of Pupuke

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Pupuke, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr A. Heta (father), Pupuke, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

801795 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM 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

Dave Heta was the son of Allen Heta and Kataraina Heta, of Pupuke, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

31 Jul 1944 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VII. A. 7. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whangaroa Memorial Hall, Leigh Street, Kaeo 0478 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/2614259
  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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 87
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.