Mick Haenga

Forenames

Mick AWMM

Surname

Haenga AWMM

Also known as

Miki AWMM

Service number

801948 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1920 Public Source

Date of birth

1920

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Place of birth

East Coast, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Wiremu and Terina Teoti Haenga, of Whareponga

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Puketiti Station, Huia Springs, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs R. Haenga (mother), Waipiro Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

801948 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Mick Haenga was the son of Wiremu and Terina Teoti Haenga, of Whareponga, New Zealand.

Also known as Miki, as recorded in Soutar (2008) AWMM

Death

24 Dec 1943 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IX. D. 35. AWMM

Obituary

Haenga.—He tangi, he aroha kia Pte. Miki Haenga
i hinga ki Itari, 24/12/43.
Takoto mai ra e tama inga pae o Itari. —
Ever remembered by Sonny. Tom, and Moeke Tamati.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 July 2023 - IN MEMORIAM
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21595, 23 DECEMBER 1944, PAGE 1

Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial
Tokomaru Bay War Memorial
Tokomaru Bay Memorial Gates

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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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2378039
  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. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 11: WW2 53
• 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.