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Cenotaph record

Wiremu Te Harawira Mitchell

  • Service number
    WWII 819432 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Te Karawira Mitchell AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wiremu Te Harawira AWMM
  • Surname
    Mitchell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Te Karawira Mitchell AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 819432 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
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Tarakohe, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Miss S. Mitchell (sister), Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 February 1944 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 819432 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Fireman/Military AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Two sons, brothers served in WW2: Wiremu Te Harawira Mitchell (819432) 28 Maori Battalion and Maui (Te Morehu or Mo) Morris David Luke (36256), New Zealand Army Service Corps.

    Listed as Te Karawira Mitchell on the Nominal Roll. Names corrected by whanau (2012) via the 28 Battalion website. AWMM

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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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 86 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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