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Rangi Atkins

  • Service number
    801887 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Rangi Horopohatu ATKINS & Hura ATKINS Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery record & http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/photo/rangi-atkins
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Embarked with the 11th Reinforcements - 28th Maori Battalion. He was wounded twice.

Private Rangi Atkins (aka Hura Atkins)

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rangi AWMM
  • Surname
    Atkins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Rangi Horopohatu ATKINS & Hura ATKINS Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery record & http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/photo/rangi-atkins
  • Service number
    801887 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
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R. Kopu (foster mother), Tikitiki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 February 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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 Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    1st reported wounded in Oct 1944 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - 26 October 1944 - The Evening Post Newspaper

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
    9 February 1981 Public Source
  • Date of death
    9 February 1981 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Age at death
    58yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA34; Plot 63; Warrant # 23473 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Private Rangi Atkins, Tikitiki. wounded, has been serving since early in 1942, and is 25 years old. He is a single man.
    REF: GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21547, 28 OCTOBER 1944, PAGE 6
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2023
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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 7 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.7 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
18 July 2023Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
08 January 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
21 April 2015KirstyAucklandOther Relative

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