Tamati AWMM

Awatere AWMM

Tom AWMM

WWII 39161 AWMM

Male AWMM

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

b. 1911 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/tamati-awatere

East Coast, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/tamati-awatere

Son of Petuere and Heni Tukehu Awatere, of Ruatoria Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 December 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/tamati-awatere

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

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

• 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

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Western Desert AWMM

Army AWMM

WWII 39161 AWMM

• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM

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

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

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

23 November 1941 AWMM
Age 30 AWMM
Western Desert, North Africa AWMM

Killed on Active Service AWMM

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

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

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

• 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

• Auckland 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