Leslie Pirihi

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Leslie AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Pirihi AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 39688 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1916

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 March 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18974481/leslie-pirihi

Wāhi Whānau

Takahiwai, Whangarei

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 March 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18974481/leslie-pirihi

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

son of Maki and Hera PIRIHI.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 March 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18974481/leslie-pirihi

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Takahiwai, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs H. Pirihi (mother), Takahiwai, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 39688 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Son of Maki Pirihi and Hera Pirihi, of Takahiwai

Leslie's mother, Mrs H. Pirihi, received a telegram from the Minister of Defence, Mr Jones, stating that a further cable reports that evidence is now to hand confirming that her son, Leslie, who was previously reported missing was killed in Crete on 22 May 1941. AWMM

Matenga

22 May 1941 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Ingoa o te urupā

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial
Athens,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 March 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18974481/leslie-pirihi

Tohutoro kōhatu urupā

Athens Memorial, Face 13

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 March 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18974481/leslie-pirihi

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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/2629480
  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

• 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. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 149
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.