Haupai Whatarau

Forenames

Haupai AWMM

Surname

Whatarau AWMM

Also known as

Te Haupai Whatarau AWMM

Service number

• WWII NZ5321 AWMM
• WWII 5321 AWMM
• WWII 812612 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Towai, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs M. Whatarau (mother), Towai, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Navy AWMM

Service number

• WWII NZ5321 AWMM
• WWII 5321 AWMM
• WWII 812612 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Bridge labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.104

Embarkation details

• WW2 Ordinary Seaman/Military McNabb Navy List Royal New Zealand Navy AWMM
• WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.104 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.104 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• WW2 1943 Record Book of Naval Personnel (R21346617)
  Unsuitable AWMM Royal New Zealand Navy Record Book of Naval Personnel (R21346617)
• Private AWMM
  28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Haupai Whatarau was the son of Himiona Taura Whatarau and of Mereana Parihi Whatarau (nee Poutu), of Towai, Auckland, New Zealand.

Hostilities Only (Royal New Zealand Navy List c.1921-c.1970). AWMM

Death

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I. B. 15. AWMM

Obituary

WHATARAU - KARA.—He tohu Whakamaharatanga kia Pte. Haupai Whatarau, Akerama, me Pte. Ngohi Kaka, Pipiwai. I mate kite Pakanga ki runga o Faenza, Italy, ite 15th ongara o December, 1944. Moe mai ekoro ma irunga o Itari Plaere kite moenga roa kite kaihga tuturu Waiho mai kote pouritanga kia matou. —Arohanui. Mr. and Mrs. Whatarau and family (Source: ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM, Northern Advocate, 15 December 1945, Page 1) AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Tōwai Hall, 32 Tōwai Road (Maromaku-Tōwai Road), Tōwai, Far North District, Northland 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/2237982
  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
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
  Further Reference
• ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM, Northern Advocate, 15 December 1945, Page 1
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19451215.2.2
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 14: WW2 104
• Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12