Kira Clark Hona

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Kira Clark AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hona AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Clark Kira AWMM

Nama Hōia

62853 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1918

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Wāhi Whānau

NZ

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Ani Kira and Kira HONA

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

16 Windsor Place, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs A.R. Hona (mother), Maketu, Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Tunisia AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

62853 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, 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!

• Kira Clark Hona was the son of Ani Kira Hona and Kira Hona, of Ohinepanea
  
  Name appears as Kira Clark in Nominal Rolls, as Clark Kira in Commonwealth War Graves AWMM
• Karaka Kira Hona, of Wainui Bay Northland
  Son of Ani Kira Hona and Kira Hona. Of Ngati Kahu. Youngest brother of the late Paimata Kingi nee Hona and Ngatokorua Kira Hona.
  Public - Carnation - Direct descendant - 29 April 2022 - Family Papers

Matenga

20 Apr 1943 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM VII. A. 14. 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/2104322
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• 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 165
• 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.
• The parting of the ways : a souvenir record of the triumphs, tribulations and maritime musings of returning draft H.M.N.Z.T No. 217, 'Zealandic'. January 18th, 1919 to February 26th, 1919.