George Paramena Rehu
Born 8 May 1924 - Died 19 Dec 2007
- Service number
- 811679 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 8 May 1924 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs M. Tutengai (aunt), Matakana Island, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1939-1945 AWMM WW2 AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 811679 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) AWMM
New Zealand Order of Merit (M.N.Z.M.) New Years Honour in 2001 for services to returned servicemen and women AWMM - War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM
- Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- President of the Te Arawa Maori Returned Services League and was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit (M.N.Z.M.) New Years Honour in 2001 for services to returned servicemen and women
Member of the Ngarimu VC and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board
Member of executive of the Rotorua RSA
Tangi held Tarimano Marae, Awahou
Unveiling held Ngati Rangiwewehi, Puhirua at 11 am 20 December 2008 AWMM
About death
- Death
- 19 Dec 2007 AWMM
Age 83 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- urupa, Ngati Rangiwewehi, Puhirua, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 20 December 2007
Unveiling: New Zealand Herald, 16 December 2008 AWMM - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Sources
- External links
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20951382
Further Reference - Former servicemen's rehabilitation file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R14891697
Further Reference - Poroporoaki: George Paramena REHU, of Rotorua. By Te Ururoa Flavell. 20 December 2007. URL.
http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?l=1&t=0&id=11590
Sources Used - 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - New Zealand Honours 2001.
http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=15
Further Reference - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
Further Reference
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
- 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.
WW2 14: WW2 82 - The New Zealand Herald
Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 20 December 2007 - Daily Post (Rotorua)
Unveiling: New Zealand Herald, 16 December 2008 - Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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.
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