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Wharau Tipuna Houkamau

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Pte # 39797 Te Wharau (Flo) HOUKAMAU of Porangahau 28th Maori Battalion - Main Body Wounded 3 times

Te Wharau (Flo) HOUKAMAU

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wharau Tipuna AWMM
  • Surname
    Houkamau AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Flo AWMM
  • Service number
    39797 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    2 May 1916 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 September 2022 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KVKP-S1T/te-wharau-houkamau-1916-1978
  • Place of birth
    Porangahau, Hawkes Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 September 2022 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KVKP-S1T/te-wharau-houkamau-1916-1978
  • Birth notes
    son of Huna Pore Teua Houkamau Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 September 2022 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KVKP-S1T/te-wharau-houkamau-1916-1978
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Box 15, Porangahau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Ada Miania (sister), Post-office, Takapau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1944 married Morehu Te Amaru Tutaki Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 September 2022 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KVKP-S1T/te-wharau-houkamau-1916-1978

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39797 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Aka Flo as recorded in Soutar (2008). 28 (Maori) Battalion, Main Body AWMM
    • Marriage To TUTAKI Morehu Te Amaru (8 Nov 1923 - 28 Oct 1992)
      m. 23 Mar 1944 Porangahau Public - Christopher - Other Relative - 18 April 2015 - http://www.sciascianz.com/Carlo/i286.htm
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Death

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  • Te Wharau Houkamau was born on 2 May 1916, in Porangahau, Central Hawke's Bay, Hawke's Bay, the son of Huna Pore Teua Houkamau.
    He married Morehu Te Amaru Tutaki on 23 March 1944, in Porangahau, Central Hawke's Bay, Hawke's Bay,
    They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
    He died on 16 December 1978, in Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, at the age of 62, and was buried in Porangahau, Central Hawke's Bay, Hawke's Bay
    He is buried in the Kaiwhitikitiki Urupā
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 September 2022
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  • You are never forgotten, nor your service to your country and us, your uri, who live in the free world because of your aroha. He kokonga whare e kitea, he kokonga ngākau tē kitea. MANA TŪ, MANA TOA, MANA ĀKEAKE
    Public - Yolande - Other relative - 30 April 2017
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  • Kia ora my name is Robert Houkamau , my fathers name is Ahuriri Houkamau youngest son of Te Wharau Tipuna Houkamau and Morehu Te Amaru Tutaki . Very cool to see this stuff about my koro never had the opportunity to meet him so to see stuff about him is always cool thank you for whoever shared this .
    Public - Robert Laurence - Direct descendant - 7 August 2016
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Sources

Sources

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    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • 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 91 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
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
03 September 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
30 April 2017YolandeTauranga MoanaOther relative
07 August 2016Robert Laurence AucklandDirect descendant
18 April 2015Christopherwellington, New ZealandOther Relative

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