Identity
Title
Forenames
Eruera Ngatote AWMM
Surname
Ratana AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
- Hapakuku AWMM
- Edward AWMM
- Ratana-Hapakuku AWMM
Service number
26003 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
11 December 1920 AWMM
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Unknown AWMM Herekino, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Mr Atama Hapakuku Ratana (father), Herekino, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Service
Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Biographical information
Husband of Agnes; father of Les, Zac, Ted, Lorraine, Maria, Joe
Listed on the Nominal Roll as Eruera Ratana. Registered at BDM, death regietr as Ratana-Hapakuku. Listed in the death notices as Eruera (Hapakuku) Ratana and Eruera Ngatote (Edward) Ratana-Hapakuku AWMM
Death
Death
1 May 2004 AWMM
Age 83 AWMM
AWMM
Date of death
11 May 2004 Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Family present at his death
Age at death
83 Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Death Certificate
Place of death
Ranui, West Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Family present
Cause of death
Postate Cancer Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Medical history
Death notes
Cemetery
Cemetery name
Peetere Urupa, Manukaukau, Herekino, Kaitaia, Northland Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Family Urupa
Grave reference
With his wife Agnes Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 8 March 2019 - Family present at burial
Obituary
Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 May 2004 AWMM
Memorial name
Memorial reference
Roll of Honour
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Leave a note
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Eruera Ngatote Ratana
Processing
Sources
External links
Documents
- The New Zealand Herald 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 393 AWMM - The New Zealand Herald AWMM
Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 May 2004 AWMM
Contributors
Processing
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| Date | Name | Location | Relationship | Contact |
| 08 March 2019 | Tania | Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand | Direct descendant |
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| 11 March 2016 | kahurangi | auckland new zealand | Direct descendant |
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