condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Thomas Mutu

Lay a poppy
L/Cpl # 21455 T MUTU NZ INFANTRY Died 26. 1. 1964 aged 51yrs He is buried in the Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland PLOT: Service Persons Area K, Row 12, Plot 87

Thomas MUTU

No known copyright restrictions.

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Mutu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 21455 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM Parua Bay AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. J. Penerata, Naumai, near Paparoa, Otamatea County (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.136 Ganger/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.136
    Whangarei, Northland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.136
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    26 January 1964 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    51 years Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 July 2024 - https://billiongraves.com/grave/T-Mutu/14298815
  • Place of death
    Auckland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 July 2024 - https://billiongraves.com/grave/T-Mutu/14298815
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 July 2024 - https://billiongraves.com/grave/T-Mutu/14298815
  • Grave reference
    SOLDIERS BURIAL K Row 12, Plot 87 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 July 2024 - https://billiongraves.com/grave/T-Mutu/14298815
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Thomas Mutu by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Thomas Mutu

Leave a note

Contribute ›
  • REFER To the following Item for a full family History - https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/margaret-mutu-they-told-me-id-know-how-to-beat-these-pakeha/
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 July 2024
    Report 

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • 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. AWMM
      p.136 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 July 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
07 July 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.