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English Māori

Eruera Ngatote Ratana

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  • Service number
    26003 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Hapakuku AWMM
    • Edward AWMM
    • Ratana-Hapakuku AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Eruera Ratana

ww2 28th Maori Battalion

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eruera Ngatote AWMM
  • Surname
    Ratana AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Hapakuku AWMM
    • Edward AWMM
    • Ratana-Hapakuku AWMM
  • Service number
    26003 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • 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
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1941 AWMM
      World War 2/wars AWMM
      Crete AWMM
    • Monte Cassino AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    26003 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 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Kaitaia, Northland 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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  • 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

About death

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  • Death
    1 May 2004 AWMM
    Age 83 AWMM
    Auckland, New Zealand 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

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
08 March 2019TaniaAuckland, Aotearoa, New ZealandDirect descendant
11 March 2016kahurangiauckland new zealandDirect descendant
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