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Tangi Haere Ehau

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2nd NZEF 39174 L/Cpl. T. EHAU, Maori Battalion, died 24 April 1965 aged 51 years. He is buried in the Ruatoria Cemetery, East coast Blk RUARS Plot 8

Cpl Tangi EHAU

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tangi Haere AWMM
  • Surname
    Ehau AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    39174 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
    16 September 1913 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194486293/tangihaere-ehau
  • Place of birth
    East Coast, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194486293/tangihaere-ehau
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mere Kaone Ehau (mother), Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Husband of Nell Elizabeth BEATTIE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194486293/tangihaere-ehau

Service

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39174 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Memories of my dad from age six are of the huge gap left in our lives when he passed. As an adult I have attended every ANZAC day in memory of him and his comrades. His wound was always a fascination to me. Always missed in our lives
    Public - Nicola Beatrice - Child - 26 April 2015
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Sources

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    • 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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 139 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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 August 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
26 April 2015Nicola BeatriceNapierChild

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