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Richard Kake

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He was a captain in the Māori Battalion; Company A, when this picture was taken

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Kake AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Richard Kake AWMM
  • Service number
    • 801866 AWMM
    • Korea 200342 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Unknown AWMM Glenbervie, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Unknown AWMM Glenbervie, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs K. Kake (mother), Glenbervie, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Mrs K. Kake (mother), Glenbervie, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • In memory of my Father and grandfather to Charlotte & James
    Public - Adele - Child - 13 November 2020
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Sources

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  • 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 65 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 69 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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13 November 2020AdeleLondon United KingdomChild
25 April 2020AwateaWhangarei, New ZealandDirect descendant

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