Peehi Ward

Forenames

Peehi AWMM

Surname

Ward AWMM

Service number

67466 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1919 Public Source

Date of birth

1919

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Place of birth

East Coast, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Donald and Maringi Ward, of Te Araroa

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/peehi-ward

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Puia Springs, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr G. Ward (brother), Makurika, Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

67466 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Peehi Ward was the son of Donald and Maringi Ward, of Te Araroa, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

2 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. H. 12. AWMM

Memorial name

Tokomaru bay War Memorial
Tokomaru Bay Memorial gates
Gisborne's War Memorial

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Research

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne 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/2212809
  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

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 5: WW2 219
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.