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Keith Whaiapu

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Keith AWMM
  • Surname
    Whaiapu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Kito AWMM
  • Service number
    813540 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    9th September 1923 Public - Keitha - Child - 2 July 2021 - Family Papers
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Karapiro Hydro Works, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Butcher, Southdown Freezing Works Public - Keitha - Child - 2 July 2021 - Family Papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs D. Whaiapu (mother), Karapiro Hydro, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married Hemoata (Robena) Rudolph Public - Keitha - Child - 2 July 2021 - Family Papers

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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 Robena, father of Jenny, Keitha AWMM
    • Grand father of David,Tamati,Tracey,Campbell,Simone and Carlos Public - Campbell - Direct descendant - 25 April 2017 - Family oral history
    • Siblings of Jennifer Kirkwood :David Kirkwood, Tamati Kirkwood an Tracey Kirkwood
      Siblings of Keitha Herbert: Campbell Herbert, Simone Herbert an Carlos Herbert mokopuna of Keith Whaiapu Public - Jennifer Rose - Child - 24 April 2019 - Family
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Death

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  • Death
    14 November 2009 AWMM
    Manurewa, Manukau City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Manukau Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium (Papatoetoe Cemetery), 357 Puhinui Road, Puhinui, Manukau City AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 18 November 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 150 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 18 November 2009 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 July 2021KeithaPerth, Western AustraliaChild
24 April 2019Jennifer RoseAuckland New ZealandChild
25 April 2017CampbellPerth australiaDirect descendant

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