Edward Keppa

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Edward AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Keppa AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Edward KEPA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 November 2022 - https://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/edward-kepa

Nama Hōia

62734 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Portland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs M.C. Keppa (wife), Portland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

62734 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Carpenter's labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Edward Keppa was the son of Tia and Olive Keppa, of Takahiwai, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of May Caroline Keppa, of Portland, Auckland.

Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Matenga

5 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM Coll. grave VIII. J. 1-3. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Takahiwai Marae Cemetery, Takahiwai, Whangārei District, Northland
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 March 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179484437/edward-kepa

Mea e whai hononga ai

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/2116902
  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

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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
• Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Information kindly provided by family