Tamati Awatere

Forenames

Tamati AWMM

Surname

Awatere AWMM

Also known as

Tom AWMM

Service number

WWII 39161 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1911

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Place of birth

East Coast, Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Petuere and Heni Tukehu Awatere, of Ruatoria

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Address before enlistment

WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 157 Clifford Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs Rosie Awatere (wife), c/o Mrs J. Grant, Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 1940 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• In 1938 Tom (Tamati) AWATERE married Rosie OLSEN
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 December 2022 - NZ BDM marriage records

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 39161 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW2 Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Tamati Awatere was the son of Petuere and Heni Tukehu Awatere, of Ruatoria, Auckland; husband of R. Awatere, of Hautanoa AWMM

Death

23 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. F. 5. AWMM

Obituary

Killed in Action Awatere, Pte. Tamati. Wife, Mrs. R. Awatere, c/o Mrs. J. Grant, Tokomaru Bay.

Awatere. Mrs. Tamati Awatere and daughter wish to sincerely thank all kind friends and relatives for expressions of sympathy in their sad loss. Special thanks to the local Billetting Committee

ROLL OF HONOUR.
Awatere. —In fond and loving memory of our dear brother, Pte. T. Awatere, who was killed in action overseas.
He answered the call of the Empire;
He stood so faithful unto death;
He nobly fought and honourably fell
For God, for King, and for country.
- Inserted by his sister, Mrs. Mereaua Grant, and brother, P. Awatere.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - (1) GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20683, 6 FEBRUARY 1942, PAGE 2
(2) BEREAVEMENT NOTICES - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20714, 14 MARCH 1942, PAGE 1
(3) GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20718, 19 MARCH 1942, PAGE 1

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Cody, J.F. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
  http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2115659
  Sources Used
• 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

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 11
• 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)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.