William Fox

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Fox AWMM

Also known as

• Wi Pokina AWMM
• Wi Pokiha
  Public - Rachel Nadine - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Whakapapa knowledge - typo error

Service number

65277 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1920

Public - Lorriane Mona - Researcher - 11 October 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-fox

Birth notes

Son of Henry Thomas Fox and Heni Te Kahu Pepere, of Te Horo, Ruatoria

Public - Lorriane Mona - Researcher - 11 October 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-fox

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr H.T. Fox (father), Ruatoria, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Tunisia AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

65277 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

William Fox was the son of Henry Thomas Fox and Heni Te Kahu Pepere, of Te Horo, Wellington, New Zealand.

Aka Wi Pokina as recorded in Soutar (2008) AWMM

Death

27 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. E. 2. AWMM

Obituary

Two Gisborne and East Coast soldiers appear in the latest N.Z.E.F. casualty list. - one being - Died Fox, Pte. William. Father: Mr. H. T. Fox, Ruatoria.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 February 2024 - N.Z. CASUALTIES - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXX, ISSUE 21163, 7 APRIL 1943, PAGE 4

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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2182769
  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. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 121
• 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.
• HMNZT Giessen. (1919). The ventilator: H.M.N.Z.T. “Giessen”, August 1919 (C. G. E. Harker, Ed.; H. S. B. Ribbands & E. H. Greenhow, Sub-eds.). 1NZEF. Ferguson and Osborn Ltd.