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Tahi Wihongi

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Kaikohe Memorial, Kaikohe Memorial Drive, Northland. Image provided by John Halpin 2017, CC BY John Halpin

Kaikohe Memorial, Kaikohe Memorial Drive, Northland. Image provided by John Halpin 2017, CC BY John …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tahi AWMM
  • Surname
    Wihongi AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    39516 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Aniwha Karuru Wihongi (mother), Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39516 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Kaikohe, Northland AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Tahi Wihongi was the son of Wiremu and Ani Whakaruru Wihongi of Kaikohe. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Crete, Greece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • Always remembered by our whanau.

    My grandmother Omapere Komene (Wihongi) is a sister of Matua Tahi.
    Public - Annais - Other relative - 26 November 2018
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  • Always remembered by your whanau here in kaikohe great gran uncle tahi.thank you for serving our country.LEAST WE FORGET.
    Public - Aurora - Direct descendant - 25 April 2017
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  • Always remembered. Ko ia te tungane o toku Karani Mama.
    Public - annais - Other relative - 17 April 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 199 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
18 September 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
26 November 2018AnnaisKaikoheOther relative
25 April 2017AuroraNew zealandDirect descendant

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