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Tautini Moana Karawa

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Sergeant Tautini Karawa (aka Tini Glover) # 802006

Sergeant Tautini Karawa

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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    11 December 1923 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.parliament.nz/resource/0000163347
  • Place of birth
    Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.parliament.nz/resource/0000163347
  • Birth notes
    son of Moni (Monarch Henry) Glover & Whakahuru (Girlie) nee' Thompson Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.parliament.nz/resource/0000163347
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o G. Glover, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs W. Karawa (wife), C/o Mrs T. Connor, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Wounded 3 times AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Monnie and Girlie Glover.

      Husband of June and later Matire

      Tangi held at Hauiti Marae, Tolaga Bay

      Listed as Tautini Moana Karawa on the Nominal Roll 12. Listed as Tautini Moana Glover in the death notice AWMM
    • refer to complete story of Tini Glover's war experiences & early life stories: http://www.parliament.nz/resource/0000163347 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.parliament.nz/resource/0000163347
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Death

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  • Death
    26 December 2011 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Tolaga Bay Cemetery, Ferneaux Street, Tolaga Bay, Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
    Block TOLRS Plot 104 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 January 2023 - Tolaga Bay / Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Dominion Post, 28 December 2011 AWMM
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Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • 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 103 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Ihaka, J. (2007, June 2). Old soldiers meet after 63 years. p. A2. AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death notice: 28 December 2011 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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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 January 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
05 September 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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