John Pitman

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

John AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Pitman AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Pittman AWMM

Nama Hōia

62766 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1914

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Wāhi Whānau

Whangārei

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Tame and Matiria (Matilda) Pitman of Tamaterau

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Rural Mail Delivery, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs T. Pitman (mother), Rural Mail Delivery, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

62766 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Son of Tame and Matiria (Matilda) Pitman of Tamaterau

Brothers: John Pitman (62766); Reweti (Dave) Pitman (39404); William Ratahi Pitman (28982) and Edward Pitman (29925) served with the 28 Maori Battalion and Max Pitman who served with the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Name appears as Pittman in Nominal Rolls, as Pitman in other references. AWMM

Matenga

16 Dec 1941 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. A. 2. 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/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2382889
  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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 283
• Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family