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Rangi Kara

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Pte # 39222 Rangi KARA of Muriwai Main Body of the 28th Maori Battalion wounded 3 times

Rangi KARA

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rangi AWMM
  • Surname
    Kara AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    39222 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 June 1908 BDM 1979/28159
  • Date of birth
    b. 1902 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 April 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Rangi-Kara/6000000013717261237
  • Place of birth
    Bartletts, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 April 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Rangi-Kara/6000000013717261237
  • Birth notes
    Son of Eru KARA & Kumeroa nee' TUPEKA Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 April 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Rangi-Kara/6000000013717261237
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Public Works Department, Bartletts, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr R. Kara (father), C/o Bartletts, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1946 Te Rangi KARA married Mere Tauira BARLETT Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 April 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39222 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • 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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1979 BDM 1979/28159
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • 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 100 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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24 April 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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