Kiri Winiata

Forenames

Kiri AWMM

Surname

Winiata AWMM

Service number

39281 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1904

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Place of birth

Bay Of Plenty, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Winiata Matia and of Pinia te Ara Winiata

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Cape Runaway, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs K. Winiata (wife), Omaio, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Rangiauta Winiata, of Omaio, BOP
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39281 AWMM

Military service

28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Nurseryman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Capture details

WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died while prisoner of war AWMM
• 19 Jun 1943 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Failure liver function. Lazarett. AWMM

Last rank

Private Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Kiri Winiata was the son of Winiata Matia and of Pinia te Ara Winiata (nee Pinia te Ara Tukutuku Wihafri of Omaio. He was the husband of Rangiauta Winiata also of Omaio. AWMM

Death

19 Jun 1943 AWMM
Age  39 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Cracow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland AWMM Plot 3, Row D, Grave 7 AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whakarewarewa, Te Hokowhitu-a-tu Memorial Gateway, Rotorua 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/2193943
  Sources Used

References

• 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.
  WW2 2: WW2 203
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• .
  Public - Ewa - 3 November 2022 - Cracow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland AWMM Plot 3, Row D, Grave 7