Heemi Rapata

Forenames

Heemi AWMM

Surname

Rapata AWMM

Also known as

• Jim, James or Jimmy Phillips
  Public - Rohario - Other relative - 24 July 2021 - Family oral history and death certificate.
• Heemi Rapata Piripi
  Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 26 July 2018 - Research

Service number

802327 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

Approx. 1914

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Place of birth

Whangarei

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kohukohu, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Alex (sister), PO Box 180, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single AWMM
• Married Maryann Nathan approx. 1946.
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

802327 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Capture details

• WW2
  18 Feb 1944 AWMM
• WW2
  18 Feb 1944 AWMM

Death

8 Apr 1973 Public Source

Date of death

April 8th 1973

Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 26 July 2018 - Research

Cemetery name

Taumarunui New Cemetery RSA Section

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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

References

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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 159
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.