Tohe Wanoa

Forenames

Tohe AWMM

Surname

Wanoa AWMM

Service number

26083 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1918

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Birth notes

Son of Tukaki and Raiha Wanoa, of Te Araroa

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr Tu Wanoa (father), Te Araroa, 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

26083 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Tohe Wanoa was the son of Tukaki and Raiha Wanoa, of Te Araroa, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

2 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. H. 20. AWMM

Obituary

WANOA, Private T.—Killed in action, November 2, 1942, at El Alamein.
—Inserted by mother, sisters, and brothers.

Toheriri WANOA. —Killed in action at Alamein, 2nd November, 1942.
Takoto mai e tama i roto i te koraha,
Tenei to whaea me te whanau katoa,
Te mahara nei te tangi nei mau kua ngaro.
I mate koa kia ora ai matau,
Kua tae koe ki nga ringa o te Kaihanga.
Mana koe emanaaki.
Na to whaea me te whanau kotoa.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 September 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM.
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXX, ISSUE 21241, 2 NOVEMBER 1943, PAGE 1

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/2212801
  Sources Used

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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 496
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.