Parekura Ferris

Forenames

Parekura AWMM

Surname

Ferris AWMM

Also known as

• Scon Ferris AWMM
• Paddy AWMM

Service number

67409 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1920

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Place of birth

East Coast Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Charles William and Makere Ferris, of Ruatoria

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Waitakaro, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Ferris (mother), Waitakaro, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

North Africa AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

67409 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Parekura Ferris was the son of Charles William and Makere Ferris, of Ruatoria

Recorded aka Paddy or Scon Ferris in Soutar (2008) AWMM

Death

19 Sept 1943 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 5. L. 6. AWMM

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/2208935
  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.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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 69
• 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)