Whiu Te Purei

Forenames

Whiu AWMM

Surname

Te Purei AWMM

Service number

67551 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1912

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Place of birth

Tikitiki, East Coast, Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Mohi and Heni Te Waiehu Te Purei, of Tikitiki

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Otaramarae, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Leach (sister), Whangara, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Partner of Hinehou Rahera Te Purei
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 September 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Whiu-Te-Purei/6000000071271290866

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

67551 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Motor Truck Driver/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

• Whiu Te Purei was the son of Mohi and Heni Te Waiehu Te Purei, of Tikitiki, New Zealand. AWMM
• My name is Ani Waka Leach, my mother Matekino Hoana Te Awakehe Leach was the eldest child of Mohi and Heni Te Purei, She was the named next of kin in your records
  Public - Ani - Other relative - 18 August 2016 - Whakapapa knowledge

Death

4 Jun 1944 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM X. H. 14. 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/2613112
  Sources Used

References

• 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 208
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.