Te Wiremu Wharepapa

Forenames

Te Wiremu AWMM

Surname

Wharepapa AWMM

Service number

802637 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1920

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Place of birth

Te Kaha

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Birth notes

Son of Tatana and Kerana Wharepapa, of Te Kaha

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Kaha, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs K. Wharepapa (mother), Te Kaha, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Feb 1944-31 Mar 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

802637 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Mooltan or Willem Ruys AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
Died on active service AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

In the New Zealand Herald dated 19 September 1945 Private Te W. Wharepapa was reported as having died on active service. On 27 September the newspaper reported he had been killed on active service. AWMM

Death

6 Sept 1945 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Cemetery

Assisi War Cemetery, Rivotorto, Provincia di Perugia, Umbria, Italy AWMM VI. G. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2049298
  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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 13: WW2 133
• 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.