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Rihari Haimona

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Headstone, Wellsford Cemetery (Photo John Halpin, 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

Headstone, Wellsford Cemetery (Photo John Halpin, 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rihari AWMM
  • Surname
    Haimona AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Rihari Haimona Symons AWMM
    • Hare AWMM
    • Charlie Symons AWMM
    • Charlie AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 68242 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
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Pawarenga, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr R. Haimona (father), Pawarenga, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 68242 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.164 Farm hand/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.164
    Kaitaia, Northland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.164
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Haimona and Makarena Paraihe (Papawarenga).

    Husband of Takutai (Tai) Dorothy Symons (-1997).

    Lay at Oruawharo Marae.

    Rihari Haimona listed in the Nominal Roll. Rihari Haimona (Charlie Symons) is listed as Archives New Zealand for Serviceman's Rehabilitation files (1960-1979) and used by Te Maori (1995). The name Hare is provided by whanau on 28 Maori Battalion website (April, 2010). Symons, Rihari Haimona is recorded on the Rodney cemetery record

    Further family information is available from the Albertland Museum AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 January 1995 AWMM
    Age 78 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wellsford Cemetery, 80 School Road, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM RSA Burial. Block 1 Row A Plot 22 Seq 1 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Poroporoaki: Te Maori News, January 1995 : v.4 n.1 p. 8 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 164 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Te Maori : News Magazine AWMM
      Poroporoaki: January 1995 : v.4 n.1 p. 8 AWMM
    • Wellsford Cemetery, 80 School Road, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 472 AWMM

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