Henare Potae

Forenames

Henare AWMM

Surname

Potae AWMM

Also known as

Henry AWMM

Service number

802145 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

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

Next of kin

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

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

802145 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

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

Death

11 Oct 1944 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cesena War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I, F, 5. AWMM

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 name

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

Related objects

External links

• 28 (Maori) Battalion Roll of Honour originally published in Cody (1956). Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor-_N100649.html
  Sources Used
• 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/1713756
  Sources Used

References

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