Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Dallas Hillman AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Howe AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 64056 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 Tararu Road, Thames, Coromandel, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mrs S.A. Howe (mother), Tararu Road, Thames, Coromandel, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Pacific Theatre of War AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 64056 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Coastwatcher AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 30 Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito

WW2

Tuhinga hauora

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Executed by Japanese whilst a prisoner of war AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
New Zealand Infantry, 8 Brigade Group, Signals Corps, New Zealand Coastwatchers AWMM

Son of Clarence and Sarah Alice Howe, of Thames, Auckland

Served as a Coastwatcher on Abemamaas part of the Gilbert Group. AWMM

Matenga

15 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Bourail Memorial, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Betio Memorial, Tarawa, Kiribati AWMM
• Tarawa Coastwatchers Memorial AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Hall, D.O.W. (1950). Coastwatchers. In New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939-1945 : episodes & studies Vol. 2. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-2Epi-t1-g1-t7.html
  Sources Used
• Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Paci.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2187254
  Sources Used
• Warren, Geraldine and Pine, Madison. Our Coastwatchers. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 21 April 2020
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/coastwatchers
  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. (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 169
• The New Zealand Herald
  "Tarawa Outrage, Massacre by Japanese", 23 Oct 1944 (copy of article in ACF27569)
• Information kindly provided by family
• Personnel - Medals and decorations - Awards to Pacific Coast watchers (1942-1946), Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R21465310)
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.