Henry Te Rupe Vercoe

Forenames

Henry Te Rupe AWMM

Surname

Vercoe AWMM

Service number

34877 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

27 May 1907

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 August 2015 - Henry Te Reiwhati Vercoe's (his father) Military Record

Place of birth

Rotorua, NZ

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 August 2015 - Henry Te Reiwhati Vercoe's (his father) Military Record

Birth notes

son of Henry Te Reiwhati Vercoe & Mary Aver nee' Barnett

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 August 2015 - Henry Te Reiwhati Vercoe's (his father) Military Record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Henrietta Pearl Vercoe (wife), Poroporo, Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

34877 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Timber contractor/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Second Lieutenant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lieutenant/Military Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Henry Vercoe was the son of Henry R. Vercoe and Ava Vercoe, of Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

22 May 1941 AWMM
Age  33 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. A. 7. AWMM

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/937154
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 190
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.