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Hare Maihi Hoka

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hare Maihi AWMM
  • Surname
    Hoka AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ4136 AWMM
    • WWII 4136 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 September 1912 AWMM Kaikohe, Northland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 PO Box 60 Kaikohe, Bay of Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Medical, WWII AWMM
    Date of Medical Board2/3/1945 AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Posted to minesweeper HMNZS MATAI and served in the Solomons with the 25th Minesweeping Flotilla. According to his card, he was on the minesweeper HMNZS MOA when she was sunk by Japanese aircraft in Tulagi on 7 April 1943 and it records him as injured. He is returned to New Zealand. He was then given antisubmarine training in Petone and is posted to the HDML 1192 October 1943. These patrolled out of PHILOMEL and Wellington. In March 1944 he was then sent to HMNZS COOK II [as it was briefly known before being renamed HMNZS KAHU]. This was the shore establishment located in the Russell Islands in the Solomons. This was the base from where the two Fairmile Flotillas operated from until June 1945. His card notes that he was admitted to a naval hospital in August 1944. He was discharged in October 1944 and was then posted back to PHILOMEL. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - Monthly list of personnel demobilised [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYT 8490 N1/426 (R21465794) AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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