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Pouwaka Wehiwehi Morunga

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Pouwaka Wehiwehi AWMM
  • Surname
    Morunga AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Pouwaka Wehi Morunga AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 304690 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 July 1937 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Vietnam Unknown AWMM Storeman/Civilian AWMM
  • 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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  • Laid in state at Mahuri Marae, Taheke, Hokianga. The urupā is above Taheke Marae.

    Service number incorrectly typed in death notice. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 June 2011 AWMM
    Age 73 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Puke Wheki Urupā, Taheke, Hokianga, Northland AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 17 June 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Hi Papa, we looked you up at the Museum and found your details.

    We love and Miss you so much Papa <3

    - Rave and Suade xx
    Public - Rave - Other relative - 25 January 2023
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Newman, S.D. (1988). Vietnam gunners : 161 Battery, South Vietnam, 1965-71. Tauranga, N.Z.: Moana Press. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
      Subritsky, M. (1995) p.283 AWMM
    • Newman, S.D. (1988). Vietnam gunners : 161 Battery, South Vietnam, 1965-71. Tauranga, N.Z.: Moana Press. AWMM
      Newman, S.D. (1988) p.142 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 17 June 2011 AWMM

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