English Māori Tamati Awatere Died 23 November 1941 PDF Key details Service numberWWII 39161 AWMM Also known asTom AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel A_012. Image taken June 2020. © Auckland Museum CC BY AWMM View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesTamati AWMM SurnameAwatere AWMM Ingoa Also known asTom AWMM Service numberWWII 39161 AWMM GenderMale AWMM IwiIwi Māori AWMM Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Report › Report › Report › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentWW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 157 Clifford Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW2 Mrs Rosie Awatere (wife), c/o Mrs J. Grant, Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 1940 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignWestern Desert AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWII 39161 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Tamati Awatere was the son of Petuere and Heni Tukehu Awatere, of Ruatoria, Auckland; husband of R. Awatere, of Hautanoa AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death23 November 1941 AWMM Age 30 AWMM Western Desert, North Africa AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled on Active Service AWMM Death notes CemeteryHalfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. F. 5. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAuckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Tamati Awatere by laying a poppy. H.N. Awarua Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiarangi Awatere Tamati Awatere William Reginald Awatere Charles Peter Awcock Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Tamati Awatere Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-1993-139 Sources Sources Contribute › External links28th 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 DocumentsAuckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM 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. AWMM WW2 2: WW2 11 AWMM Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License