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Te Ruahikihiki Karetai

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Hiki Karetai (circa 1987)

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Te Ruahikihiki AWMM
  • Surname
    Karetai AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 822613 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 September 1925 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    25/09/1925 Public - Maarea Roimata - Child - 9 December 2018 - Family Papers
  • Place of birth
    DUNEDIN, New Zealand Public - Maarea Roimata - Child - 9 December 2018 - Family
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Unknown AWMM 4 Mill Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Travelling Salesman Public - Maarea Roimata - Child - 9 December 2018 - Family
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mr S.G. Karetai (father), 4 Mill Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce Unknown AWMM Welder/Civilian AWMM
    Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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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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Roll of Honour

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  • Happy Fathers Day my darling dad. I miss you but will see you one day soon. Love to Poua Syd as well.
    Public - Janine - Child - 3 September 2023
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  • My Poua
    Public - Alice - Direct descendant - 17 May 2019
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 69 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
03 September 2023JanineBrisbane Australia Child
17 May 2019AliceWaiheke Island, New ZealandDirect descendant
10 December 2018MaareaAdelaide, South AustraliaChild
09 December 2018Maarea RoimataAdelaide, South AustraliaChild
23 April 2017Mawera Gina MarieNew ZealandDirect descendant

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