Petera Houkamau Kaa

Forenames

Petera Houkamau AWMM

Surname

Kaa AWMM

Also known as

• Pat AWMM
• Pedro AWMM

Service number

801997 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Porou, Ngā Iwi o Horouta, Horouta, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Birth

16 Jul 1922 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Waituhia, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Shearer, farm worker/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mr H.K. Kingi (uncle), Waituhi, Patutahi, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

801997 AWMM

Military service

• 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM
• 2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM
Age  16 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 10th Reinforcements AWMM

Capture details

• WW2 POW - Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany AWMM
  7 Dec 1943 AWMM
  Osognia AWMM
• WW2
  7 Dec 1943 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany AWMM

Last rank

28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Listed as POW in Soutar (2008)

Increased his age to 18 years to enlist. Cousins, Petera Houkamau Kaa (801997) and Piriniha (Prince) Kaa (801998) are listed on the Nominal Roll with the service number 801997 AWMM

Death

11 Aug 2013 Public Source

Date of death

11 Aug 2013

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/petera-houkamau-kaa

Place of death

Waranga Memorial Hospital in Melbourne, Australia

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/petera-houkamau-kaa

Death notes

Passed away 11 August 2013 Waranga Memorial Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/petera-houkamau-kaa

Memorial name

Hinepare Marae War Memorial, Rangitukia

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 January 2016 - Research

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Sources Used
• Te Whakapapa o te whanau Kaa website
  http://www.whanauokaa.com/profiles/peterahoukamau.html
  Further Reference
• Cody, J.F. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page.
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/petera-kaa
  Further Reference
• Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
  https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference
• 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
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 103
• 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)
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• 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.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.