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Tamati Maungarangi Paraone

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Tamati Maungarangi ParaoneSERVICE NUMBER - WWII 39414 - Sergeant28th Maori Btn, 2nd NZEF, 2nd Echelon, Main Body, No. 5, A CompanyWar Campaign - North Africa

Tamati M PARAONE

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Service

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • North Africa AWMM
    • Greece AWMM
    • 1941 Crete AWMM
    • Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 39414 AWMM
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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Shrapnel wounds 1943 AWMM

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  • Descendent of Kawiti. Son of Huirua Paraone and his wife Parehuia (nee Dunn).

    Husband of Kathleen, father of Georgina, Hepana, Maru, Tamati, Mereana, Kathleen

    Enlisted in 1939

    Invalided home in 1943

    President of 28 Maori Battalion Association

    Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit 2006 for services to Maori AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    2008 AWMM
    Age 91 AWMM
    Kawakawa, Bay of Islands AWMM
  • Date of death
    13 March 2008 Public - Pita - Child - 3 April 2019 - Family papers
  • Age at death
    91 years Public - Pita - Child - 3 April 2019 - Family papers
  • Place of death
    Bay of Islands Hospital
    Kawakawa, Bay of Islands
    Northland, New Zealand Public - Pita - Child - 3 April 2019 - Family papers
  • Cause of death
    heart failure Public - Pita - Child - 3 April 2019 - family papers
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maungarangi Wahitapu, Otiria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Maungarangi Public - Pita - Child - 3 April 2019 - Family papers
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald 15 March 2008 AWMM
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Sources

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    • 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 144 AWMM
    • Kokiri paetae : a celebration of Maori achievement. (1996-2006). Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Maori Development. AWMM
      Portrait. The year of the veteran: 28 Maori Battalion reunions. (2006). Kokiri Patae 72, p. 3 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: 15 March 2008 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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05 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
03 April 2019PitaAuckland, New ZealandChild

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