Claude Ehau
Died 2 Nov 1942
- Service number
- 67408 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Paparatu Station, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs E.A. Ehau (mother), Bartlett's Camp, via Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 67408 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Claude Ehau was the son of Eparainoca and Hine Ehau, of Bartletts
Next of kin listed in the Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 as MRs E.A. Shaw, Gisborne AWMM - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20961, 8 DECEMBER 1942, PAGE 2
W.A.A.C.s Appreciated - In a recent letter home, Private Claude Ehau, Bartletts, who has; since been killed in action, praises the work being done in Egypt by the New Zealand W.A.A.C.s - He writes as follows; —“The W.A.A.C.s over here are worth their weight in gold, especially the girls at the club. They do toil here and more or less make the boys feel more at home. They treat us Maori chaps the same as they do the pakeha boys, and we appreciate it very much.’’Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 May 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20961, 8 DECEMBER 1942, PAGE 2
- Claude Ehau was the son of Eparainoca and Hine Ehau, of Bartletts
About death
- Death
- 2 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. H. 8. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Ehau —ln loving memory of my dearest friend, Pte Claude Ehau, killed in action during the El Alamein Campaign, November 2, 1942. —Inserted by his South African friend L/Cpl. J. J. E. Albertse, Molteno, Cape Province.
Ehau. —ln loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Claude (Doey) Ehau, killed in action at El Alamein, November 2, 1942.
A loss like that is a glorious gain,
And pitiful proud are we—
For peace, must be bought with blood and tears.
And the boy of our heart has paid. —lnserted by his loving mother, and brother, Bill,
Ehau. —ln loving memory of our darling brother. Pte Claude (Doey) Ehau, Killed in action at El Alamein, November 2. 1942.
Though we know there's a hasty grave,
With a poor little cross at his head —
And, the gold of his youth he so gladly gave,
Yet to us he'll never be dead. — Inserted 'by his loving sisters; Sarah and Eileen.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 June 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21551, 2 NOVEMBER 1944, PAGE 1 - Memorial name
- Gisborne's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 January 2016 - Research
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- 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
Sources
- 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/2093637
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
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- 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 66 - 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.
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