Wi Kingi

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Wi AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Kingi AWMM

Nama Hōia

39134 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

1910

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Wāhi Whānau

Tolaga Bay

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Kaipaka Kingi and Heni Teawanui Kingi, of Tolaga Bay

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs M.W. Kingi (wife), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Mere Whaki, of Tolaga Bay
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Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Tunisia AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

39134 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Wi Kingi was the son of Kaipaka Kingi and Heni Teawanui Kingi, of Tolaga Bay, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Mere Whaki, of Tolaga Bay. AWMM

Matenga

28 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  33 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. C. 24. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne 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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2183006
  Sources Used

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. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 103
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.