Henry William Rogers
I mate atu i te 2 May 1941
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 34872 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Lockie AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Warrant Officer Class 2 AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
- Warrant Officer 2nd ClassPublic - Veronica Sheryll - Direct descendant - 16 July 2022 - Military documents and photo
- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Henry William AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Rogers AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Lockie AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 34872 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- MalePublic - Veronica Sheryll - Direct descendant - 16 July 2022 - He is the son of Puti Riwhi (daughter of Hemi Riwhi and Arahia Rewharewha and
Henry Rogers (son of Charles Rogers and Keti Job)
brother of my mother Kahu Rogers
Our Whakapapa
- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
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- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- WW2 Unknown AWMM N.Z.P.F., New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Mrs R. Rogers (mother), Kaeo, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 34872 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Soldier/Military AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Company Sergeant Major/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Warrant Officer Class 2 AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Henry Rogers was the son of Puti Hemi Rogers, of Kaeo, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Henry William (Lockie) Rogers.
* D.O.B./Place: 12th August,1914,Kaeo, Northland New Zealand.
* Parents: Father - William Henry Rogers. Mother - Puti Rose Hemi Rogers.
* Service Number: 34872
* Regiment: 28th Maori Battalion,2nd Echelon.
* Rank: Warrant Officer 2nd Class.
* Embarked as Company Sergeant Major.
* Killed in Action,Crete,2nd May 1941, aged 26 years, 10 months.
* Burial: Initially buried at Platanias (Battalion Observation Post),facing Meleme Aerodrome,Crete.
* Interred and reburied at the Souda Bay Military Cemetery,Crete, on the 17th of August,1945.
* Grave 17,Row A,Plot 6.
* Cause of Death: Lockie died from a mortar bomb exploding in the mortar tube that he was loading. He was killed immediately from severe head and chest injuries.
* As Lockie was the Battalion CSM, he was seconded to the Mortar Platoon during the evacuation of Crete,and thus his unfamiliarity with the weapon,may have contributed to his death.
(Disclaimer,purely speculation by the author).
* His death was confirmed by 2nd Lieutenant George Katene, Service No.6125 of Porirua, New Zealand and LCPL Matthew Love,Service No.39526 of Porirua, New Zealand.
* 2nd Lieutenant Katene was killed in action,Italy,7th December 1943.
* LCPL Love was discharged from service,14th December,1943.
* A cable was issued to Lockie’s Mother, Puti Rose Hemi Rogers from New Zealand Defence Force, Maadi Encampment, Cairo, Egypt,dated 12th July 1941,that her son was ‘killed in action.’Public - Thomas John - Direct descendant - 2 November 2023 - The information herein,is anecdotal Family history..
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 2 May 1941 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. A. 17. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Whangaroa Memorial Hall, Leigh Street, Kaeo 0478 AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Sources Used - 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/henry-william-rogers
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/937044
Sources Used
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- 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. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 2: WW2 160 - Information kindly provided by family
- McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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