Werewere Charu Rakuraku

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Werewere Charu AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Rakuraku AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 810627 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngā Iwi o Mataatua, Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

24th August 1923

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Wāhi Whānau

Waimana, Whakatāne

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Paiaka Tu RAKURAKU & Puti Te Atai- i- huaki HIKIHIKI

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 Public Works Department Camp, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mrs M. Rakuraku (mother), Whatatutu, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 810627 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Werewere Rakuraku was the son of Tu Rakuraku and Puti Rakuraku, of Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

16 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM III. D. 7. 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
• 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/2237751
  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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 14: WW2 81
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.