Nuku Hinaki

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Nuku AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hinaki AWMM

Nama Hōia

39140 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Patupatu Hinaki and of Keriana Hinaki (nee Maunga) of Whangara, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/nuku-hinaki

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Whangara, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs P.W. Hinaki (wife), Whangara, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Pecpi Whaitere Hinaki, of Manutuke, Gisborne
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/nuku-hinaki

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

39140 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 10th Reinforcements AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Matenga

22 Sept 1944 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Cesena War Cemetery, Italy AWMM V, D, 5. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

• Private Nuku Hinaki, reported killed in action, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Patupatu Hinaki, and member of a leading Whangara family. He had been serving abroad for upwards of two years, and was highly popular among the personnel of the Maori Battalion, He leaves a widow and small family
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 October 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21527, 5 OCTOBER 1944, PAGE 6
• Hinaki. —In loving memory of our dear 'Daddy, Private N. Hinaki, killed in action (Rimini), Italy, Sept. 22, 1944. Duty called and he was there,
  To take his place and do his share,
  His heart was good, his spirit brave,
  His resting place a hero’s grave. — Inserted by his children Iteriana Oriwia.
  Hinaki. - ln proud and loving memory of Private N. Hinaki, killed in action (Rimini), Italy, Sept. 22, 1944.
  No, not lost, but ever near us,
  In the spirit land thou art.
  And in all our affection
  Bearing still a precious part.
  —Inserted by his wife
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 July 2023 - IN MEMORIAM
  GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21825, 22 SEPTEMBER 1945, PAGE 1

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne 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/1713498
  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

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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 89
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.