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Cenotaph record

Abe Nepia

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Waipipi Roll of Honour, 1939-1945. Image kindly provided by John Halpin, CC BY John Halpin, 2012.

Waipipi Roll of Honour, 1939-1945. Image kindly provided by John Halpin, CC BY John Halpin, 2012.

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Abe AWMM
  • Surname
    Nepia AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25958 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waipipi, Waiuku, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr M. Keogh (cousin), Waiuku, 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
    25958 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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

Embarkations

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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
  • 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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  • Memorial name
    Waipipi Hall, 40 Creamery Road, Waipipi, South Auckland AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • E kore ratou e koroheketia Penei i a tatou kua mahue nei E kore hoki ratou e ngoikore Ahakoa pehea i nga ahuatanga o te wa. I te hekenga atu o te ra Tae noa ki te aranga mai i te ata Ka maumahara tonu tatou ki a ratou. Ka maumahara tonu tatou ki a ratou. Arohanui Ririana, Wairere
    Public - Ririana - Direct descendant - 26 April 2016
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  • Ka aroha from your Great Grand Daughters Hayley Taupo and Lauren Taupo
    Public - hayley - Other Relative - 21 June 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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 349 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 April 2016Ririana AotearoaDirect descendant
21 June 2015hayley Waiuku, AucklandOther Relative

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