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Tipuna August

  • Service number
    65218 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Tipuna Joseph Akuhata Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 August 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MHWQ-JWZ/tipuna-joseph-august-or-akuhata-1920-1987
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
    Corporal/Military Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
    28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Cpl # 65218 Tipuna AUGUST of Torere 6th Reinforcements Wounded once

Tipuna AUGUST

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tipuna AWMM
  • Surname
    August AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Tipuna Joseph Akuhata Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 August 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MHWQ-JWZ/tipuna-joseph-august-or-akuhata-1920-1987
  • Service number
    65218 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / 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 Torere, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr T. August (brother), Torere, Opotiki, 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
    65218 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Identified as B and C Company (Soutar, 2008) AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Memorial

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Sources

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  • 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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 17 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
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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03 August 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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