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Reupena Tamihana Riki

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Member of Māori Battalion, C company

Reuben Riki

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Reupena Tamihana AWMM
  • Surname
    Riki AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Reuben AWMM
  • Service number
    6088 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    January 08, 1912 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 October 2022 - https://www.geni.com/people/Reuben-Riki/6000000080461545821
  • Place of birth
    Muriwai, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 October 2022 - https://www.geni.com/people/Reuben-Riki/6000000080461545821
  • Birth notes
    Son of Hemiona Tipuna and Tiere Tui Emma RIKI Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 October 2022 - https://www.geni.com/people/Reuben-Riki/6000000080461545821
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Muriwai, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs T. Riki (grandmother), Muriwai, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Widowed AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Kokkinia Prisoner-of-War Hospital, Kokinia, Greece WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
  • 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

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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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  • Reupena Tamihana Riki died Dec 29 1988 & is buried in the Muriwai Urupa, Gisborne,
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 October 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • 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 157 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
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 November 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
24 April 2020Dreena-NgarimuAuckland Direct descendant

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