Tom Searancke
Born 5 April 1921
Public - Allan - Researcher - 30 July 2022 - NZ Death Register
- Died 10 Dec 1995 - Service number
- 631464 AWMM
- Also known as
- Searanoke AWMM
- HerangiPublic - Kerry Gerard - Child - 23 March 2016 - Whanau tupuna
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Kerry Gerard - Child - 23 March 2016 - MPF
- Forenames
- Tom AWMM
- Te MaupakangaPublic - Kerry Gerard - Child - 23 March 2016 - Birth certificate
- Surname
- Searancke AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Searanoke AWMM
- HerangiPublic - Kerry Gerard - Child - 23 March 2016 - Whanau tupuna
- Service number
- 631464 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM
- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- 5 April 1921Public - Allan - Researcher - 30 July 2022 - NZ Death Register
- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Waterloo Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs E. Cameron (aunt), 45 Wakefield Street, Lower hutt, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 631464 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Engineering Apprentice/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, D 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
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- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Name mispelt on the Nominal Roll as Searanoke AWMM
About death
- Death
- 10 Dec 1995 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
- 74Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Feilding CemeteryPublic - Allan - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
- Grave reference
- Block RSA Row 202 Plot 49Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Sources
- External links
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
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 - D Company, 12th Reinforcements, 28th Māori Battalion. Names are listed from left to right in each row, as recorded on the 28 Māori Battalion website. Some identifications remain unconfirmed. Photograph: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PA.000044, as credited on the 28 Māori Battalion website. The website also gives PA.000035, but Te Papa catalogues that negative as ‘Maori Battalion, [G] Company’, photographed by Richard John James Thomson on 12 November 1943. The correct photograph reference and company identification require confirmation.
Back row: Unidentified, unidentified, possibly Williams, Sonny Karena (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Ray Wahapa, Des Wahapa, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Mike Bartlett, Reg Sciascia (unconfirmed), Koro Cunningham, Joe Cunningham (Darkie), unidentified, Dawson Kawana, unidentified, Don Te Hiko, Ned Lawton, unidentified, Boy Kemp, unidentified, Buck Robinson, Tom Power, Baldy Hauraki. Third row: Hohepa Nikora (unconfirmed), Cambridge Pani, Buller Mataira (Mathew), Bunny Mataira, Blue Te Hau, Taka Panere, James Maraki, Robinson (Wairoa), possibly Whai Robinson, Wattie Walker, Stokey Mita, Rangi-1 (unconfirmed), Rangi-2 (unconfirmed), Hop Te Kahu, Jim Morrel, Heremia (unconfirmed), unidentified, Boogie Morehu, Bully Ropiha (unconfirmed), Charly Sciascia, Tom Bartlett, Michael Bartlett, Tom Searancke, Petera Kaukau, unidentified, Boy Kemp, Jim Kupa, Derek Rangi Rohe, Cheetah Thomas Edwards, unidentified, Eru (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified. Second row: Unidentified, Smith (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, Peter Te Kanawa, Te Mari F (unconfirmed), Francis Te Maari, Harry Morgan (unconfirmed), Bill Waiwai (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, Charlie Hancy, Mihaere Kare Kare, Mick Fowler, Bill Waiwai (unconfirmed; also identified elsewhere in the photograph), unidentified, Paul Bishop, Moeawa Rongo, Henry Nehemia (Waihua), Robert Rule, unidentified, Peter Panapa, Peter Piwari, Slim Tihema, William Edwards, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified. Front row: Unidentified, unidentified, Edward Haronga, Edgar Smith (unconfirmed), Ben Ormond, George Niania, Kingi Matthews, Joe (unconfirmed), Paul Ropiha, unidentified, Ben Jones, Barney Lumsden, Sam Kereopa, unidentified, Maku Turei, Francis MacDonald, Tom Waerea (Mahuika), Bill Mohi, Ted Pohio, George Bertrand, Black Kapene, Goodwillie, Ted Nepia, Whitu Mitchell, Sol O'Carrol, Dennis Joe, Charley Whakatopi (unconfirmed), Hohipuha, Charlie Tanguru, George Gemmell, Brown (unconfirmed), Manuka Anderson (unconfirmed), Rangi Whaanga, John Seymour.
https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/zoomify/d-company-12th-reinforcements
Further Reference
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- 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 88 - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
- Ngāti Raukawa in World War 2 - 1939-1945 & further (credit to Reuben Waaka, Diane Taylor, Te Kenehi Teira). Part of “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
- 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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