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Walter Tainui Forrester

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  • Service number
    444227 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Walter Tainui Forrester HADFIELD Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Family Research
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Private Walter Tanui Forrester # 444227 28th Maori Battalion - He was wounded twice

Walter Tanui Forrester

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Tainui AWMM
  • Surname
    Forrester AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Walter Tainui Forrester HADFIELD Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Family Research
  • Service number
    444227 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1923 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1923 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Research
  • Place of birth
    Tokomaru Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Research
  • Birth notes
    son of Tuihana (Cissie) Te Rauaroha Hadfield nee' Forrester Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Care of Bignell and Holmes, Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C. Hadfield (mother), P.O. Box 55, Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 February 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    444227 AWMM
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Embarkations

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    7 July 1972 Public Source
  • Date of death
    7 july 1972 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    49 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Tokomaru Bay, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Tokomaru Bay Cemetery Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block TKP; Plot 254; Warrant # 107 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
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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. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 41 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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30 December 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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