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Te Mooro Rukuwai Takarangi

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Te Mooro Rukuwai AWMM
  • Surname
    Takarangi AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Te Moore Rukuwai AWMM
  • Service number
    802216 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Mangaweka, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr M. Takarangi (father), Airport Road, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Listed incorrectly on the Nominal Roll as Te Moore Rukuwai Takarangi AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • I'm sure Coreen has your medals safely tucked away still Uncle Jack, I always think of you when wearing Uncle Bartz and Dadda Ron's medals at the Dawn Service, miss and love you Uncle, must call out to fields track and Northshore fairly soon xx
    Public - Brenda - Other relative - 17 June 2019
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  • My koro, I am sad to say I never got to meet you, but am proud to say I'm your eldest grand child, for with whom I laid a poppy in remembrance of you.
    Public - Lisa - Direct descendant - 23 March 2019
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • 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 125 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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17 June 2019BrendaWhanganui, New ZealandOther relative
23 March 2019LisaAucklandDirect descendant

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