Herewini Gage

Forenames

Herewini AWMM

Surname

Gage AWMM

Service number

39117 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1915

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Place of birth

Omaio, TE KAHA

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Birth notes

Son of Tu and Kuhupo Keeti (Gage), of Omaio

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Omaio, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Kuhupo Gage (mother), Omaio, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Husband of Marei Gage, of Wellington City
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39117 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Temporary Sergeant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Herewini Gage was the son of Tu and Kuhupo Keeti (Gage), of Omaio; husband of Marei Gage, of Wellington AWMM

Death

23 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. F. 9. AWMM

Obituary

Death of Opotiki Soldier. Official advice has been received of the death in action of T/Sergt. Herewini Gage, of Omaio. The next-of-kin is his wife, Mrs. Gage, of Omaio. Private advice was received some time ago of T-Sergt. Gage’s death in the Libyan battle.

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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/2116145
  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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 163
• 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.