Akuhata Rore

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Akuhata AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Rore AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 62693 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1917

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 April 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/akuhata-rore

Wāhi Whānau

Poroporo, Whakatane

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Mahea P. and Pure Rore, of Poroporo, Whakatane

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM Taneatua, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mrs P. Rore (mother), Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 62693 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM 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

WW2 Lance Corporal/Military Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Matenga

2 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. H. 1. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

IN MEMORIAM '
RORE Lance Corporal Akuhata Rore. No. 62693, in proud and loving memory of our son and brother who was killed in action at Gazala, Egypt, on 2nd November, 1942. Aged 25.
- Inserted by his parents and family.

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Taneatua War Memorial Hall, Bay of Plenty 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
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Roll of Honour, Taneatua War Memorial Hall, Bay of Plenty
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/taneatua-hall-roll-honour
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2211677
  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 305
• 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.