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Tako Henare Houpapa

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tako Henare AWMM
  • Surname
    Houpapa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    813526 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
    Tainui AWMM
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 April 1921 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Taumarunui, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Unknown AWMM RD 4, Taumarunui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr H. Houpapa (father), Ongarue, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Mr H. Houpapa (father), PO, Ongarue, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    2002 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
    25 August 2002 Public - KIA - Child - 26 March 2019 - Death Certificate
  • Age at death
    81 Public - KIA - Child - 26 March 2019 - School records - Ngakonui School, Taumarunui
  • Place of death
    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt Public - KIA - Child - 26 March 2019 - Family records
  • Cause of death
    Illness Public - KIA - Child - 26 March 2019 - Death certificate
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Manaia, Coromandel Public - KIA - Child - 26 March 2019 - Family records
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    He grew up a farmer in Taumarunui. Hard working and schooled at Te Aute College, he volunteered underage as many young Maori did to go to WW2. An intelligent man of huge integrity, he sold his farm in 1956 and moved to Auckland to improve the educational opportunities for his children and grandchildren. He worked at Westfield Freezing works before retiring in 1981. Public - KIA - Child - 26 March 2019 - Family papers
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  • Koro Tako was a Brother to my Kuia Titi Houpapa. Leaving my love 💖
    Public - Toni - Direct descendant - 25 April 2018
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Sources

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  • External links
    Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
    https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 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 46 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 62 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
    • 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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26 March 2019KIALOWER HUTTChild
25 April 2018ToniTaumarunuiDirect descendant

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