Maipi Ipo

Forenames

Maipi AWMM

Surname

Ipo AWMM

Also known as

MURPHY IPO

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Service number

WWII 802413 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngā Iwi o Mataatua, Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

4 August 1920

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Place of birth

NZ

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Address before enlistment

WW2 Waimana, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs T. Grey (sister), Waimana, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single AWMM
• Maipi IPO was the husband of Kuini “Queenie” IPO
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 802413 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Capture details

• WW2
  18 Feb 1944 AWMM
• WW2
  18 Feb 1944 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  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
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference

References

• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 96
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.