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Peete Eru Merito

  • Service number
    802437 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Te Peeti Eru Merito AWMM
    • Te Peeti Eru Spadie Merito AWMM
    • Spadie Public - Patricia Phillips - Child - 25 April 2016 - Family nickname
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Portrait of Te Peeti Eru Spadie Merito. Image kindly provided by Harry Family (April 2017). Image may be subject to copyright.

Portrait of Te Peeti Eru Spadie Merito. Image kindly provided by Harry Family (April 2017). Image ma …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Peete Eru AWMM
    • Te Peeti Eru Public - Patricia Phillips - Child - 25 April 2016 - Nz birth certificate
  • Surname
    Merito AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Te Peeti Eru Merito AWMM
    • Te Peeti Eru Spadie Merito AWMM
    • Spadie Public - Patricia Phillips - Child - 25 April 2016 - Family nickname
  • Service number
    802437 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    • Ngāti Awa AWMM
    • Iwi Māori AWMM
    • Ngati Awa Public - Patricia Phillips - Child - 25 April 2016 - Oral
  • Hapū
  • Waka
    • Mataatua AWMM
    • Mataatua AWMM
    • Mataatua Public - Patricia Phillips - Child - 25 April 2016 - Oral
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Pororporo, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R. Merito (wife), Poroporo, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 February 1944 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    802437 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

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
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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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 84 AWMM
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 April 2017BarbWhakatane New Zealand Direct descendant
25 April 2016Patricia PhillipsWhakatane New ZealandChild

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