Hoani Retimana Waititi - In February 1944, aged 17 (but claiming to be 19), he joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force and began flying training. In February 1945 he transferred to the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion and served in Italy. He then went with Jayforce to Japan and was discharged in October 1946.
Hoani Waititi did not marry. Within weeks of being diagnosed with terminal bone cancer, he died in Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, on 30 September 1965. After a service at St Mary’s Cathedral, Parnell, conducted by Bishop E. A. Gowing, his body was carried home for burial at Cape Runaway on 5 October. An outpouring of grief from all who had known him was expressed in letters and articles in the press and in waiata.
For a Complete Story of Hoani Retimana WAITITI'S LIFE - refer to: https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5w2/waititi-hoani-retimana

This is who I was named after. This is my grandmother's brother (Tauoteawa or Tau).