Edward Haere

Forenames

Edward AWMM

Surname

Haere AWMM

Service number

805198 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

Between 1922 & 1926

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 July 2023 - REFER: death notice gives aged as 18yrs - NZ War Graves Notice gives age 22yrs when he was killed

Place of birth

Tolaga Bay, East Coast, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/edward-haere

Birth notes

Son of George and Materoa Haere, of Tolaga Bay

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/edward-haere

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM C/o G. Fitzgerald (father), Hauiti, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr G. Haere, Hauiti, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Feb 1944-31 Mar 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

805198 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Listed in the Nominal Roll simply as embarking as Infantry Reinforcements AWMM

Death

1 Aug 1944 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VII. B. 10. AWMM

Obituary

Haere. —Pte. Edward, second son of Hori and Materoa Haere of Tolaga Bay, killed in action; aged 18 years. Duty Nobly done.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 July 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21483, 15 AUGUST 1944, 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

• 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
  Sources Used
• 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/2614184
  Sources Used

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
• 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 49
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Profile published in Soutar (2008)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.