Mikaere Minarapa

Forenames

Mikaere AWMM

Surname

Minarapa AWMM

Also known as

Mick AWMM

Service number

39110 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

12 April 1912

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2026 - NZ BDM Records

Place of birth

NZ

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2026 - NZ BDM Records

Birth notes

Son of Nohotihi Minarapa (mother)

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2026 - https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/mi/soldier/mikaere-minarapa

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Matata, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Nohotihi Minarapa (mother), Matata, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39110 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Capture details

• WW2 POW - Greece AWMM
• WW2

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM

Portrait at http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/photo/five-28th-battalion-boys-matata AWMM

Death

1977 AWMM
Age  63 AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Rangitihi Marae urupa, Matata, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/mikaere-minarapa
  Further Reference
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference

References

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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.
  WW2 2: WW2 130
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.