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Cenotaph record

Taki Rawiri

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Taki AWMM
  • Surname
    Rawiri AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25578 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
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Post-office, Waingaro, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Tahuata Rawiri (father), Waingaro, Waikato, 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
    25578 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 Bushman/Civilian AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Taki Rawiri was the son of Tahuata and Kalupaea Rawiri, of Waingaro, Waikato. Husband of Mamaeroa Amelia Rawiri, of Glen Afton, Waikato. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 December 1944 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waipukurau Public Cemetery, Central Hawkes Bay, New Zealand AWMM 5 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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