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Hanara Te Ohaki Reedy

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  • Service number
    6137 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Nehe Reedy AWMM
    • Arnold AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Capt # 6137 ARNOLD (Hanara) REEDY of RuatoriaAlso known as Nehe REEDYMain Body of the 28th Maori BattalionBecame a Prisoner of War

Arnold REEDY

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Identity

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Civilian life

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  • Birth
    16 August 1903 AWMM Whareponga, East Coast AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of John Marshall REEDY & Materoa nee' NGARIMU Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 September 2023 - https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5r10/reedy-hanara-tangiawha-te-ohaki
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Politican Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 September 2023 - https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5r10/reedy-hanara-tangiawha-te-ohaki
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R. Reedy (wife), care of G.P.O. Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6137 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

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Biographical information

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  • Listed as Hanara Te Ohaki Reedy on Nominal Roll. Listed as Hanara (Arnold) Reedy (aka Nehe Reedy) in Soutar (2008). Listed as Hanara Tangiawha Te Ohaki Reedy by DNZB. Listed as Capatin on the List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 April 1971 AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    68yrs Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 September 2023 - https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5r10/reedy-hanara-tangiawha-te-ohaki
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Tūrangarāhui Urupa in Hiruharama, Ruatoria, Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 September 2023 - https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5r10/reedy-hanara-tangiawha-te-ohaki
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  • Obituary
    In 1969 Reedy was made an OBE for the significant contribution he had made to his community, to Ngāti Porou and to Māoridom. After a prolonged illness he died in Gisborne on 8 April 1971, survived by his wife and children. He was taken home to Hiruharama, where he is buried in his family cemetery, Tūrangarāhui, a windswept knoll overlooking flats that are still farmed by the Reedy whānau. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 September 2023 - https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5r10/reedy-hanara-tangiawha-te-ohaki
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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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 155 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
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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22 February 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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