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Paratene Tiweka Anaru

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Sgt # 6178 Paratene ANARU of Te Kaha 28 Maori Battalion

Paratene ANARU

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Paratene Tiweka AWMM
  • Surname
    Anaru AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    6178 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
    Te Arawa AWMM
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    10 January 1910 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2022 - https://www.geni.com/people/Paratene-Tiweka-Anaru/6000000008152105952
  • Place of birth
    Raukokore Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2022 - https://www.geni.com/people/Paratene-Tiweka-Anaru/6000000008152105952
  • Birth notes
    son of Tiweka Hohepa Anaru Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2022 - https://www.geni.com/people/Paratene-Tiweka-Anaru/6000000008152105952
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr T. Anaru (father), Rangiuru Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • married Haana Denny Anaru (Mikaere Heretaunga) after the war Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2022 - https://www.geni.com/people/Paratene-Tiweka-Anaru/6000000008152105952

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6178 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM

Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Identified as B and C Company AWMM
    Sergeant Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
    28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Described as embarking with Main Body in Soutar (2008) and 2nd Echelon on Nominal Roll AWMM

Death

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Sources

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  • 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
      WW2 2: WW2 7 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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18 July 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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