Taka Katene

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Taka AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Katene AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Cotton AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 39368 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Tai Tokerau (Northern Tribes), Māori AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 Moerewa, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mr S. Catton (brother), Pokapu, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 39368 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Listed on the Kawakawa war memorials (2 of them) as Cotton AWMM

Matenga

21 May 1941 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 15. D. 6. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum, Memorial Plaque WW2 AWMM
• Kawakawa District War Memorial, Kawakawa and Districts War Memorial Domain AWMM
• Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Kawakawa Memorial Library Centre, Wynard Street, Kawakawa, Northland, New Zealand
  http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3128
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/936826
  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

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 100
• 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.
• 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.