Nii Te Kawa

Forenames

Nii AWMM

Surname

Te Kawa AWMM

Also known as

Tekawa AWMM

Service number

817666 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1918

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Birth notes

Son of Netana and Ihpera Tekawa, of Tikapa, East Cape

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Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• husband of Maria B. Tekawa, of Waiomatatini, East Cape
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

817666 AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa.
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa.

Son of Netana and Ihpera Tekawa, of Tikapa, East Cape; husband of Maria B. Tekawa, of Waiomatatini, East Cape

Next of kin listed in the Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 as Mrs M.B. Te Kawa, Tikitiki. Listed on CWGC as Tekawa. Not found on the Nominal Roll (May 2009) AWMM

Death

1 Jul 1944 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Tikapa Road, beside Pokai Marae, near Ruatoria, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Cemetery name

Hinekopeka Urupā, Port Awanui

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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/2920546
  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

• 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.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.