Sonny Wolfgramm

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Sonny AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Wolfgramm AWMM

Nama Hōia

26096 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1919

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Gustav Wolfgramm and of Lena Wolfgramm (nee Douglas), of Rotorua

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs L. Manahi (sister), Ohinemutu, 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

26096 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Sergeant 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 AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM

Sonny Wolfgramm was the son of Gustav Wolfgramm and of Lena Wolfgramm (nee Douglas), of Rotorua, New Zealand.

Sonny Wolfgramm's names appears on the war memorial in Rotorua. AWMM

Matenga

22 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Wāhi Mate

Egypt

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Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Ingoa o te urupā

Alamein Memorial, Egypt

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Tohutoro kōhatu urupā

REF: Column 106.

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Pānui Matenga

WOLFGRAMM. — Killed in action overseas - Sergeant Roland (Sonny), only beloved son of the late Gus and Lena Wolfgramm.
— Inserted by his uncles, Albert and Alfred.

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Rotorua Citizens War Memorial (World War 2) 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/2769728
  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. (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 386
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.