Tahi Wihongi

Forenames

Tahi AWMM

Surname

Wihongi AWMM

Service number

39516 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1893

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Place of birth

Kaikohe

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Birth notes

Son of Wiremu and Ani Whakaruru Wihongi, of Kaikohe

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Aniwha Karuru Wihongi (mother), Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39516 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

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

Death

25 May 1941 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

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

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/2630230
  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

• 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. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 199
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.