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Wally Meta

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wally AWMM
  • Surname
    Meta AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    39719 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Mangataratu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Teowai Meta (mother), Tahuna, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39719 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Death

About death

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  • 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

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Roll of Honour

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  • Kia ora Koro. I am the 3rd daughter of your youngest Son, Kere Wally Meta. Sadly, we (your Mokopuna) never got the pleasure to meet you. We are having no luck in finding out our/ your Whakapapa, you are a bit of a mystery... the more I hit a dead end, the more I want to know about you. We are very proud to know that you were a member of the Maori Battalion, I remember singing that song at school. I will keep looking for myself and our Whanau. Arohamai Koro XXX
    Public - Joanne Larnie - Direct descendant - 28 September 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • 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 129 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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28 September 2016Joanne LarnieAtiamuriDirect descendant

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