Wiremu Ruru
I whānau mai i te 1913 - I mate atu i te 23 May 1941
- Nama Hōia
- 26026 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 1913 Public Source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- 1913Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 September 2015 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wiremu-ruru
- Wāhi Whānau
- Te Karaka, GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 September 2015 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wiremu-ruru
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Iwi Ruru and of Emma Ruru (nee Haronga),Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 September 2015 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wiremu-ruru
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mr I. Ruru (father), Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1941 AWMM Crete AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 26026 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Wiremu Ruru was the son of Iwi Ruru and of Emma Ruru (nee Haronga), of Te Karaka, New Zealand. AWMM
- ln memory of our dear son. Wiremu Ruru, of Te Karaka, killed in action at Crete on May 23, 1941. Moe mai e Tama i nga-parae o kiriti. . Waiho te marama e kite iho na ia koe. Hei tohu aroha i tou ahua, E kore e warewaretia.
Beneath a foreign sky you sleep, A Cretan moon shines o’er your grave, At home your memory we keep Of deeds so strong and true and brave. —lnserted by Mum and Dad. brothers, sister, sister-in-law, nephews and nieces.
Ruru. —ln loving memory of our dear brother, Wiremu, and uncle, killed in action, Crete, May 23, 1941.
Many a lonely heartache. Often a silent tear. Always a beautiful memory Of one we love so dear. —lnserted by his loving sister, Martha,' Sydney and family, and wee Wiremu.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 June 2023 - IN MEMORIAM
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21411, 23 MAY 1944, PAGE 1
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 23 May 1941 AWMM
Age 28 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed on Active Service AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 11. A. 5. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Ruru. —ln loving memory of Private ,Wiremu Ruru (Bill), killed in action, Crete, May 23rd, 1941.
“Hanpy the man of whom it can be said, at the last, that he served his people, his country, and his God.”
—lnserted by Martha, Hiki, wee Wiremu and familyPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 May 2025 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22029, 24 May 1946, Page 1 - Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Gisborne's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Research
- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Te Karaka War Memorial, corner of Main and Station Roads, Te Karaka, Gisborne AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- 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/937053
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
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- 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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 3: WW2 415 - 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.
- McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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