Hirini Rapana

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Hirini AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Rapana AWMM

Nama Hōia

62938 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

1916

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 February 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hirini-rapana

Wāhi Whānau

NZ

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 February 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hirini-rapana

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Rihari Rapana and of Rina Rapana (nee Tautuhi), of Pouto, Northland

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 February 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hirini-rapana

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM C/o Kaipara Steamship Co., Helensville, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs L. Rapana (mother), Parkhurst, Helensville, 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

62938 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Seaman AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Hirini Rapana was the son of Rihari Rapana and of Rina Rapana (nee Tautuhi), of Pouto, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

4 Sept 1942 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM VIII. J. 10. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kaipara Memorial RSA, 49 Commercial Road, Helensville, New Zealand 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/2211443
  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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 291