Hunia George Gray
Died 5 Apr 1974
- Service number
- 801938 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Images
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About birth
- Birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM PO Box 41, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs S. Gray (wife), Public Hospital, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 21 Feb 1944 AWMM Married AWMM
- Husband of Grace Hughan “Queenie” GRAY nee' HAEREPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198339290/hunia-gray
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 801938 AWMM
- Military service
- 2nd Maori Battalion AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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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 Vessel was Mooltan or Willem Ruys AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 4th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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Last known rank
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Biographical information
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About death
- Death
- 5 Apr 1974 Public Source
- Date of death
- 5 Apr 1974Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
- Age at death
- 63yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
- Place of death
- Tolaga Bay, GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
- Cause of death
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- Death notes
- 2nd NZEF 801938 Pte H. GRAY, Maori Battn, died 5.4.1974. Ilmo GRACE HUGHAN GRAY (Queenie) (nee HAERE), loved wife of the late Hunia GRAY, mother, sister, Aunty, Nanny. Born 3.3.1925, died 20.7.1996 aged 71 years. Rest with the Lord.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Tolaga Bay Cemetery, GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
- Grave reference
- Block TOLRS; Plot 56; Warrant 394Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
- Obituary
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
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
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- 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.
WW2 13: WW2 47 - Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
Portrait published in Soutar (2008) - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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