Samuel Paniora

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Samuel AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Paniora AWMM

Nama Hōia

67443 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1923

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/samuel-paniora

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Wiki Aramakutu and Edith PANIORA, of Aorangi,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/samuel-paniora

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs E. Paniora (mother), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

67443 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Sergeant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

• Second Lieutenant AWMM
  New Zealand Infantry AWMM
• WW2 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Samuel Paniora was the son of Wiki Aramakutu and Edith Paniora of Aorangi, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV, B, 23 AWMM

Pānui Matenga

COAST OFFICER KILLED - Killed in Action - PANIORA, 2/Lieut, Samuel. Mother: Mrs. E. Paniora, Ruatoria.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 July 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21596, 26 DECEMBER 1944, PAGE 6

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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2207201
  Sources Used
• Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
  https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
  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

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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 148
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum.
• Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum.