Te Kira Minarapa

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Te Kira AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Minarapa AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

John AWMM

Nama Hōia

39108 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1916

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Wāhi Whānau

Matata

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Metio and Aneta Minarapa, of Matata

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Matata, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Edith Minarapa (wife), Matata, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Te Kira & Edith MINARAPA married 27 December 1939 during his Christmas leave
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Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

39108 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!

Te Kira Minarapa was the son of Metio and Aneta Minarapa, of Matata; husband of Edith Minarapa, of Rotoiti

Portrait at http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/photo/five-28th-battalion-boys-matata AWMM

Matenga

24 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 16. F. 6. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

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/
  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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2057724
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• 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.
• 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 130
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.