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Arahura Houia

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Pte # 25885 Arahura HOUIA of Wellington4th Reinforcements of the 28th Maori BattalionInvalided Home

Arahura Houia

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arahura AWMM
  • Surname
    Houia AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25885 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 July 1916 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Care of Mr. Dickie, Taita, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs T. Houia (mother), Reporoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    25885 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • 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

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1990 Public Source
  • Date of death
    12 October 1990 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Death Notice, Gisborne Herald 12 Oct 1990
  • Age at death
    74yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Death Notice, Gisborne Herald 12 Oct 1990
  • Place of death
    52 Ranfurly Road, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Death Notice, Gisborne Herald 12 Oct 1990
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Tu-Au-Au Marae's Urupa, Reporua, Ruatoria, East Coast. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Death Notice, Gisborne Herald 12 Oct 1990
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 224 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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28 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
06 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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