Hori Harawira

Forenames

Hori AWMM

Surname

Harawira AWMM

Service number

WWII 62725 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1915

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Birth notes

Son of Ereatara and Maraea Harawira, of Tekao

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Address before enlistment

WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM Te Kao, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs E. Harawira (mother), Te Kao, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 62725 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW2 Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Hori Harawera was the son of Ereatara and Maraea Harawira, of Te Kao, North Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

5 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM Coll. grave VIII. J. 1-3. AWMM

Obituary

EREATARA. —Mr. and Mrs. H. Ereatara and Family, of Te Kao, wish to express their sincere thanks to friends, relatives and many organisations for letters, telegrams, for their expression of sympathy received in their recent sad bereavement in the loss of their beloved son, Private Hori, killed in action overseas. Also a special thanks to Judge F. O. V. Acheson for his personal visit.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 September 2025 - BEREAVEMENT NOTICES
New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24359, 22 August 1942, Page 1

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Te Kao World War II Memorial, Te Kao, Far North AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• 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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2094418
  Sources Used

References

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 146
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.