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Sydney Haere

  • Service number
    817611 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Hirini (Herenai) Maitai Haere Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - Tolaga Bay / Gisborne Cemetery Records & https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198339293/herenai-k-haenga
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Pte # 817611 Sydney HAERE of Tolaga Bay 12th Reinforcements of the 28th Maori Battalion

Sydney HAERE

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sydney AWMM
  • Surname
    Haere AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Hirini (Herenai) Maitai Haere Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - Tolaga Bay / Gisborne Cemetery Records & https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198339293/herenai-k-haenga
  • Service number
    817611 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
    b. 1915 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198339293/herenai-k-haenga
  • Place of birth
    Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198339293/herenai-k-haenga
  • Birth notes
    Son of Ihaia Hori Kahure HAERE and Materoa HAERE (nee' HAUTAPU Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - https://www.myheritage.com/names/grace_haere
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Haere (mother), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Husband of Georgina H HAERE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198339293/herenai-k-haenga

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    817611 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

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Death

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

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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 39 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
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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27 August 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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