David Norman Perry
I whānau mai i te 25 Jul 1914 - I mate atu i te 2 Aug 2006
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 581670 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Norm AWMM
- Norman AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- YMCA, attached to 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- David Norman AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Perry AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Norm AWMM
- Norman AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 581670 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Pono
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 25 Jul 1914 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Frederick Colin & Charlotte Letitia PERRYPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 June 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201264203/david_norman-perry
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Omaio, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
- Company Secretary and Director/Civilian AWMM
- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs P.R. Perry (wife), 30 Platina Street, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Married AWMM
- 1939 David N PERRY married Phyllis Ruth CONWAYPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 June 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201264203/david_norman-perry
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Italy AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 581670 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Welfare Officer/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 Mr/Military AWMM YMCA, attached to 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force 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
Seriously wounded in Italy 1944, invalided to NZ AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- YMCA, attached to 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Phyllis (nee Conway) married Norman Perry in 1939, she died in December 2003 aged 90 years.
Secretary and assistant to Apirana Ngata 1938-1950
Nominated a member of 28th NZ Maori Battalion 1941-44, served as the YMCA officer at the Battalion's request
Lay Moderator of the Presbyterian Church General Assembly in 1964.
Leader of Ecumenical Church Vietnam Peace Mission. In association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (supported by the Prime Minister & Secretary of Foreign Affairs), initiated peace talks between Buddhists and Christians in North Vietnam, South Vietnam 1965
Member of the Roper Commission and prison reform initiatives
MBE awarded 1965. Knighted in 1977 for services to the community and Maori people, a photograph from the investiture published with the obituary (NZHerald, 2006)
A service was held at Te Maungarongo Marae, Ohope, followed by tangi and karakia at Tutawake Marae, Whitianga, East Opotiki, and interment in the Hapu Urupa
Known as Norman or Norm Perry AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 2 Aug 2006 AWMM
Age 92 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
- Tutawake Urupa, WhitiangaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 June 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201264203/david_norman-perry#view-photo=190376853
- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Obituary: New Zealand Herald, 12 August 2006 AWMM
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Media Releases
http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/speaking-out/what-weve-said/media-releases/sir-norman-perry-kt-mbe-a-mighty-totara-has-fallen
Sources Used - 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - O'Reilly, D. Nga Kupu Aroha / Words of Love.
http://www.nzedge.com/features/ar-denis12.html
Further Reference - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q96601990
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
- Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Media Releases
- Ngā tuhinga
- 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.
p.153 - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Information kindly provided by family
- 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.
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