condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Paratene Warihi Kohere

Lay a poppy
Pte # 6139 Paratene KOHERE of TikitikiMain Body of the 28th Maori Battalionwounded once - Invalided Home

Paratene KOHERE

No known copyright restrictions.

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Paratene Warihi AWMM
  • Surname
    Kohere AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    6139 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    19th July 1909 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 July 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Paratene-Kohere/6000000058626928924
  • Place of birth
    Te Araroa, East Coast Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 July 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Paratene-Kohere/6000000058626928924
  • Birth notes
    Son of Reweti Tuhorouta and Keita Kaikiri KOHERE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 July 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Paratene-Kohere/6000000058626928924
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tikitiki, East Cape, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr Rewiti Kohere (father), Tikitiki, East Cape, New Zealand AWMM
    • Reweti Kohere,Te Araroa (not tikitiki) Public - Aomihi - Other Relative - 17 April 2015 - My grandfather,my Mum's Dad.
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Single Public - Aomihi - Other Relative - 17 April 2015 - Family

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6139 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • 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

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Paratene Warihi Kohere by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Paratene Warihi Kohere

Leave a note

Contribute ›
  • Advice has been received by Mr. R. T. Kohere, East Cape, that his son. Pte. Paratene Kohere, who was wounded in Greece, is well
    REF: GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20583, 17 JUNE 1941, PAGE 4
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 July 2023
    Report 
  • Paratene Warihi KOHERE died 2nd March 1979 in Gisborne
    REF: https://www.geni.com/people/Paratene-Kohere/6000000058626928924
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 July 2023
    Report 

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • 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 105 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

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 July 2023Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
17 April 2015AomihiTe Araroa,East CoastOther Relative

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.