John Harry Turner

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

John Harry AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Turner AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Hone Pura TURNER

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 September 2022 - https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/photo/bren-gun-carriers-advance-near-rimini

Nama Hōia

802253 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM

Wāhi Whānau

Te Kuiti

Public - Mata - Direct descendant - 1 October 2017 - Whanau

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Potahi and Harry Turner

Public - Mata - Direct descendant - 1 October 2017 - Whanau

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• Unknown AWMM PO Box 98, Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
• Hill St, Te Kuiti
  Public - Mata - Direct descendant - 1 October 2017 - Whanau

Uri kiritahi

Mrs L.R. Turner (wife), Hill Street, Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Married to Louvain Rumatiki Turner
  Public - Mata - Direct descendant - 1 October 2017 - Whanau

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

802253 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM

Matenga

31 Jan 1945 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI, A, 9. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• WWII Roll of Honour, Ngāti Maniapoto's Memorial Flag Pole, Te Tokanganui-a-Noho, Te Kūiti 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/2207367
  Sources Used
• Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
  https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 11: WW2 130
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum.
• Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum.