Peter Tohiariki

Forenames

Peter AWMM

Surname

Tohiariki AWMM

Also known as

Pita Tohiariki AWMM

Service number

WWII 39262 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
• Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1921

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

Place of birth

NZ

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

Address before enlistment

WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM Rangiuru, Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs Riwa Tohiariki (wife), care of Mr P. Kirikau, Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 1940 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• 1940 Pita TOHIARIKI married Riwa RAPIHANA
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 September 2026 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 39262 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, Headquarters 2NZEF Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Capture details

• WW2
  21 Jul 1942 AWMM
• WW2
  21 Jul 1942 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Dulag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Germany AWMM
• WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy AWMM

• Interned in the POW Stalag VIIIA, Gorlitz, Germany (Camp 8A). AWMM
• This is my koro was just wanting to no what do yous have of my koros would love to come an have a look at anything that yous may have of my koros
  Public - Peter Allen Pare Tewarena - Direct descendant - 22 July 2016 - iv been Told a lot of stories about my koro a good man went to WW2 an in the mb

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/peter-tohiariki
  Further Reference
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  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
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
  Further Reference

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.
  WW2 2: WW2 187
• 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.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.