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Buster Iraia

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Returned Serviceman - World War II

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Mr. Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Forenames
    Buster AWMM
  • Surname
    Iraia AWMM
  • Ingoa
    Buster Nei Iraia Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    801991 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    • Iwi Māori AWMM
    • Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Whare, Ngāti Manawa Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Hapū
    Te Urewera, Ngāti Manunui, Ngāi Tuahiwi, Ngāti Hui Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Waka
    Mataatua AWMM
  • Rohe
    Te Urewera, Whirinaki Te Pua ā Tāne, Mataatua Whānui Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    12 June 1918 Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Place of birth
    Te Whāitinui-ā-Toikairākau (Te Whāiti) Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa NZ Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Birth notes
    Mother: Ngapine (Wairini) Peraniko
    Father: Iraia Hohepa Heurea Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Care of Wilson's Timber Mill, Te Whaiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr T. Iraia (father), Te Whaiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Married AWMM
    • Married Wikitoria Paraki of Ngāti Manunui, Ruatāhuna, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa NZ Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
    Private Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    06 April 1966 Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Age at death
    47 Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Place of death
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa NZ Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Buried at Te Whāitinui-ā-Toikairākau (Te Whāiti) Public - Tane - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022 - Whānau/ Family
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Tuhoe tangata, Karanga Tuhoe iwi, Karanga E koro e, e Nei ko koe tena i kari i te huarahi kia ora pai mai matau te hunga o naienei. Mei kore tenei a o Mokopuna e warewaretia nei i ou takahanga kia ora kaha a Aotearoa. Thank you for your brave efforts Koro, we are truly honored and proud to desend from such a strong and brave man and solider. Sleep well Koro
    Public - Tane - Other Relative - 16 February 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. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 96 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
    • Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM

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21 April 2022TaneEdgecumbeDirect descendant

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