Brian Matauru Poananga
Born 2 Dec 1924 - Died 5 Sept 1995
- Service number
- Jayforce 824356 AWMM
- Korea 30251 AWMM
- Malaya 30251 AWMM
- Vietnam 30251 AWMM
- Also known as
- Little Po AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Major General (Chief of General Staff)/Military AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Brian Matauru AWMM
- Surname
- Poananga AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Little Po AWMM
- Service number
- Jayforce 824356 AWMM
- Korea 30251 AWMM
- Malaya 30251 AWMM
- Vietnam 30251 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Porou, Ngā Iwi o Horouta, Horouta, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 2 Dec 1924 AWMM
- 2 Dec 1924 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Jayforce Pre 27 Apr 1905 AWMM 2 Durham Crescent, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Jayforce Mrs A. Poananga (mother), 514 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Single/Jayforce AWMM
- 1949 Brian married Doris Mary PORTERPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 September 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209711926/brian-matauru-poananga
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- Jayforce 824356 AWMM
- Korea 30251 AWMM
- Malaya 30251 AWMM
- Vietnam 30251 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) AWMM
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) AWMM
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) AWMM
For services in Malaya and Borneo AWMM - Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
1953 AWMM
Korea AWMM - Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
Malaya AWMM - Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) AWMM
- General Service Medal 1962 (Borneo clasp) AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Korea Medal (EIIR) AWMM
- United Nations Medal for Korea AWMM
- New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- 1944 AWMM
Royal Military College, Duntroon AWMM - Staff College, Camberley AWMM
- Royal College of Defence Studies, London AWMM
- 1944 AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- Jayforce 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.106
Age 20 AWMM
Civil servant/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.106 - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- Jayforce Lieutenant/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.106 Headquarters, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Base 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.106 British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan AWMM
- Korea Captain/Military Chamberlain 1st Commonwealth Division, Headquarters Chamberlain British Commonwealth Forces Korea (Kayforce) AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - Malaya Vessel was Captain Cook AWMM Major/Military Nom Roll 2NZ Reg New Zealand Regiment, 2 Battalion Nom Roll 2NZ Reg British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM - Borneo Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR), 1st Battalion AWMM
4th Embarkation AWMM - Vietnam Colonel/Military Ministry for Culture and Heritage Visitor AWMM
5th Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- 1981 AWMM
Retired AWMM
Major General (Chief of General Staff)/Military AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Husband of Doreen Mary Porter they married on 28 May 1949.
Younger brother of Bruce Tikitiki-o-Rangi Poananga 824110.
Attended Palmerston North Boys' High School.
CO 1 RNZIR from Nov 1965- Nov 1967.
Photo of Maj B.M. Poananga in The Officers, 2nd Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Taiping, Malaya 1960)
Photo of Maj B.M. Poananga in The Officers, 2nd Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Malaya 1961)
Photo of Lt Col B.M. Poananga in The Officers, 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Terendak Camp, Malaya 1966-67) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 5 Sept 1995 AWMM
Age 70 AWMM - 5 Sept 1995 obituary
- 5 Sept 1995 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- 5 Sept 1995 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Turangarahui AWMM
- Turanga Rahui, near Ruatoria AWMM
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Obituary: Evening Post, 7 September 1995 AWMM
- Memorial name
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-208986.html
Further Reference - Essay, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=5P32
Further Reference - New Zealand in the Korean War. NZHistory online.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/korean-war
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 - Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War
https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/lt-col-bm-poananga
Further Reference - VietnamWar.govt.nz
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
Further Reference - Australia's Vietnam War
https://web.archive.org/web/20241003003021/https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
Further Reference - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4965055
Further Reference - J Force Wikipedia Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
Further Reference - Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
Further Reference
- New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
- References
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 15: WW2 106 - Subritzky, M. (1990). The Subritzky legend. Waikanae, N.Z.: Heritage Press.
- Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books.
- This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- Overseas postings and forces - New Zealand Force for Malaya Far East land forces - Officers, 1957-1971, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AD-W6W2564 36 part 3.
- Nominal Roll 2NZ Regiment 1959-1961. Kindly provided by Alan (Archie) Dawson February 2021.
- Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author.
p.335 - This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021).
- Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
- Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment.
- FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083)
- Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
- Ngāti Raukawa in World War 2 - 1939-1945 & further (credit to Reuben Waaka, Diane Taylor, Te Kenehi Teira). Part of “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
- Medals and Stars - General Service Medals Borneo - Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R12456000)
- Black, E. A. (n.d.). N.Z. armed forces honours & awards : Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, 1950-1972. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence Headquarters.
- McGibbon, I.C. (1992-1996). New Zealand and the Korean War (Vols. 1-2). Auckland, N.Z.; Wellington, N.Z.: Oxford University Press in association with the Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
- McGibbon, I.C. (2010). New Zealand's Vietnam War: a history of combat, commitment and controversy. Auckland, N.Z.: Exisle
- Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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