Mihaka Panapa

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Mihaka AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Panapa AWMM

Nama Hōia

25969 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Maropiu, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs N.P. Panapa (mother), Maropiu, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Widowed AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

25969 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Mihaka Panapa was the son of Netana and Mereana Panapa, of Ahikiwi, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Keita Netana. AWMM

Matenga

16 Dec 1941 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. C. 9. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville 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/2382809
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 365
• The New Zealand Herald
  Vol 79, Issue 24169, 10 jan 1942