Patrick Kereti

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Patrick AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Kereti AWMM

Nama Hōia

65189 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1919

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 September 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/patrick-kereti

Wāhi Whānau

Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 September 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/patrick-kereti

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Tuhimata and Erenora KERETI

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 September 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/patrick-kereti

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr T. Kereti (father), Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

65189 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 in Action, 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!

Son of Tuhimata and Erenora Kereti, of Whakarewarewa AWMM

Matenga

18 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. K. 3. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Private Patrick Kereti, who has been reported killed in action, was and had been on service with the 28tn Maori Battalion for nearly three years, He was born at Ohinemutu and was educated at St. Peter's College, Northcote. His brother, John Kereti, has the distinction of being the only Maori in the Royal Canadian Navy

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2024 - NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 81, ISSUE 25017, 6 OCTOBER 1944, PAGE 7

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whakarewarewa, Te Hokowhitu-a-tu Memorial Gateway, Rotorua AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 28 (Maori) Battalion Roll of Honour originally published in Cody (1956). Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor-_N100649.html
  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
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/patrick-kereti-0
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2410397
  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 190
• 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.