Rauaroa Tangaroapeau Turei

Forenames

Rauaroa Tangaroapeau AWMM

Surname

Turei AWMM

Also known as

Rauaroha Tangaroapeau Turei, Bill AWMM

Service number

67401 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

Abt. 1908

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Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Paaka and Meri TUREI, of Gisborne, NZ

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Care of Mr H. Robinson, Matangi, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.K. Turei (wife), 91 John Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• husband of Maud Kathleen Turei, of Ponsonby,
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

67401 AWMM

Military service

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Staff Sergeant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, Headquarters AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
Died on active service AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Listed by Commonwealth War Graves Commission as Rauaroha Tangaroapeau Turei. Next of kin listed in the Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 as Mrs M.K. Turei, Ponsonby, Auckland AWMM

Death

15 Apr 1944 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Cemetery

Salerno War Cemetery, Italy AWMM V. B. 36. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/2604138
  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

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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)
• 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 130
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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.