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Cenotaph record

Iwikau Te Matauira Te Aika

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Iwikau Te Matauira AWMM
  • Surname
    Te Aika AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ425860 AWMM
    • WWII 133277 AWMM
    • WWII 425860 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 August 1908 AWMM Tuahiwi, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ425860 AWMM
    • WWII 133277 AWMM
    • WWII 425860 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member RNZAF Contingent, London Victory Parade, 8 June 1946. Source: Hanson, By Such Deeds, p.471. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    18 June 1972 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Tuahiwi Cemetery (Te Uri Ti) AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Maori aircrew who served with 75(NZ) Squadron 39-45
    https://75nzsquadron.wordpress.com/maori-aircrew-who-served-with-75nz-squadron-39-45/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      p.471 AWMM

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