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Aperahama Whata

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Aperahama AWMM
  • Surname
    Whata AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    802302 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
    Te Arawa AWMM
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Rotoiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs F.T. Whata (wife), Rotoiti, 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
    802302 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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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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  • Kua tae mai ahau ki te whare pupuri taonga. Kua kite ahau i te ingoa o toku koroua kei tenei whare. Ka miharo ahau. Kei nga rangi koe e koro. Kei to taha a mama a papa me nga uri katoa o Ngati tamatea Tutahi Ngati Kawiti.
    Public - Anthony Aterea - Direct descendant - 18 July 2021
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  • A tribute to you koro, as the 100 year centenary approaches. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. Your legacy lives on. Arohatinonui.
    Public - Gloria Hega - Other Relative - 22 April 2015
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Sources

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
      p.133 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
18 July 2021Anthony AtereaRotoruaDirect descendant
22 April 2015Gloria HegaSydney, Australia.Other Relative

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