Patrick Harris

Forenames

Patrick AWMM

Surname

Harris AWMM

Service number

632832 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

• Birth: 1920
  Public - Emily Topia - Other relative - 20 April 2026 - Marae Collection
• 18th March 1920
  Public - Wiremu Dalton Benjamin - Direct descendant - 26 September 2025 - Military Record
• b. 1920
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 July 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/patrick-harris

Place of birth

Hokianga

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 July 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/patrick-harris

Birth notes

Son of Hohepa H. and Wini Hare, of Motukaraka,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 July 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/patrick-harris

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Motukaraka, New Zealand AWMM
• Motukaraka, New Zealand
  Public - Wiremu Dalton Benjamin - Direct descendant - 26 September 2025 - NZ BDM Death Certificate

Next of kin

• Mrs W. Harris (mother), Matukaraka, Hokianga, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Winifred Harris (Mother), Motukaraka, Hokianga, North Auckland, New Zealand
  Public - Wiremu Dalton Benjamin - Direct descendant - 26 September 2025 - Military Record

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Single
  Public - Wiremu Dalton Benjamin - Direct descendant - 26 September 2025 - Military Record

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

632832 AWMM

Military service

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Medals and Awards

• New Zealand Memorial Cross
  Public - Wiremu Dalton Benjamin - Direct descendant - 25 September 2025 - Military Personnel Files & The New Zealand Defence Force - NZ Army.
• 1939-1945 Star
  
  Italy Star
  Public - Wiremu Dalton Benjamin - Direct descendant - 25 September 2025 - Military Personnel Files & The New Zealand Defence Force - NZ Army.

Enlistment

• WW2 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM
• Mangamuka Bridge
  Public - Wiremu Dalton Benjamin - Direct descendant - 26 September 2025 - Military Record

Age on enlistment

21 yrs 10 months

Public - Wiremu Dalton Benjamin - Direct descendant - 26 September 2025 - Military Record

Occupation before enlistment

Bush Hand

Public - Wiremu Dalton Benjamin - Direct descendant - 26 September 2025 - Military Record & NZ BDM Death Certificate

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Son of Hohepa H. and Wini Hare, of Motukaraka AWMM

Death

7 Dec 1943 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IX. D. 13 AWMM

Obituary

Casualty lists issued this week included, amongst the killed in action, the names of - Private' Patrick Harris, whose next-of-kin is Mrs W. Harris, Motukarara, and Private Laurence James Dale Mercer, whose next-of-kin is his father, Mr J. Mercer, of Dunsandel.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 July 2025 - Ellesmere Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 101, 23 December 1943, Page 3

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 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
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2378084
  Sources Used
• Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
  https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
  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. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 11: WW2 56
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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.
• 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.