Keepa AWMM

Rangi AWMM

62654 AWMM

Male AWMM

Iwi Māori AWMM

31 March 1906 AWMM

Unknown AWMM Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Mr T.J. Rangi (father), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Army AWMM

62654 AWMM

Military Medal (MM) AWMM
17 June 1943 AWMM
In normal military life this soldier is a batman. During the attack of 26 March 1943 Pte. Rangi received concussion from bomb blast on the start line. He was left behind as a casualty but when the attack on the hill feature at Point 209 was in progress it was found that Pte. Rangi had rejoined his company, having refused to be evacuated. He joined the platoon that did the main attack on the feature as a rifleman. Pte. Rangi fought tenaciously with this platoon on the hill crest and showed great courage against all enemy counter-thrusts. When he found that the rest of the men had become casualties and were not able to receive adequate treatment he turned his hand to treating the wounded. Under heavy mortar and machine-gun fire he made his way back to Battalion HQ and procured transport for the evacuation of the wounded. Throughout the whole night, Pte Rangi could be seen carrying down the wounded from the hill crest under a fierce and almost continuous mortar barrage with complete disregard for his own personal safety and intent only on tending the wounded. IN this action Pte. Rangi showed loyalty to company, initiative, courage and devotion to duty to a degree not normally expected of an ordinary soldier. (L.G. 17/6/1943 (I)) The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Rangi, Keepa. (Ref. WO 373/25/228). Military Medal.17 June 1943 AWMM

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
Ruatoria, East Cape AWMM

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 5th Reinforcements AWMM

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Cody, J.F. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.htm
  Further Reference
• 'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.' (London Gazette, 17 June 1943, p.2762.). Military Medal.
  http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36057/supplements/2762
  Further Reference
• The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Rangi, Keepa. (Ref. WO 373/25/228). Military Medal.
  http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7361447
  Further Reference

• 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 291 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