Rawson Wright
I whānau mai i te 4 Aug 1919 - I mate atu i te 11 Mar 1997
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 801657 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Ross AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Major/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM
- Pakanga
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 4 Aug 1919 AWMM
- 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 Kaiwaka, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Mr H V Wright (father), 73 Clonbern Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 801657 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
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- North Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM
- Cadets AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- Jayforce Labourer/Civilian 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 Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
- Jayforce Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 2 Divisional Calvary AWMM British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan AWMM
2nd Embarkation 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
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Wounded 18 February 1944 AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Major/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Ross Wright attended Hamilton Boys High School.
In December 1945 (then) Lieutenant Wright transferred to D Squadron, 2 Divisional Cavalry, as part of the occupation force for Japan. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 11 Mar 1997 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
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- 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
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- 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
Sources Used - 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945.
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - Albertland & Districts Museum, Memorial Park, Wellsford, New Zealand
http://www.albertland.co.nz/
Further Reference - J Force Wikipedia Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
Further Reference - Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
Further Reference - A recording made by this service person in Japan in 1946 can be found on Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's online catalogue - J Force - Greetings from the Divisional Cavalry rugby team
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/
Further Reference - J Force - The 1948 Freyberg Cup (9776). A radio recording of this man in Japan in 1948 can be heard on Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision's website.
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/9776
Further Reference - Johnston, S. (2025, August 11). Voices of J Force: Recordings of New Zealanders in post-war Japan. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/explore-stories/stories/new-zealand-history/voices-of-j-force-recordings-of-new-zealanders-in-post-war-japan/
Further Reference
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 12: WW2 213 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
- Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.
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