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Henare Potae

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel P_016. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel P_016. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henare AWMM
  • Surname
    Potae AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Henry AWMM
  • Service number
    802145 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1914 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1914 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Estimated
  • Place of birth
    East Coast, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Estimated
  • Birth notes
    Son of Telbranga and Tedo Potae, of Tokomaru Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/henare-potae
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Pohue Station, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs U. Potae (wife), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • husband of Urikore Potae, of Tokomaru Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/henare-potae

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    802145 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Listed as Henry Potae and his wife's intial as V. in the Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 October 1944 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cesena War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I, F, 5. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    The Maori Battalion, Second N.Z.E.F. has recently suffered further casualties including a number of men from the Gisborne and East Coast area. Most of these have been wounded, but one death in action reported is that of Private Henare Potae, Tokomaru Bay. Private Potae was 30 years of age and a member of a family which from the earliest days of white settlement in the district had been noted for its loyalty. He left for the front in February, 1942, and had seen considerable service in the forward areas. He is a married man with one child. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21547, 28 OCTOBER 1944, PAGE 6
  • Memorial name
    Tokomaru Bay War Memorial
    Tokomaru Bay Memorial Gates
    Gisborne's War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 11: WW2 15 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
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 March 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
06 January 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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