Weti Tamihana Teao

Forenames

Weti Tamihana AWMM

Surname

Teao AWMM

Also known as

• Weti Tamihana Te Ao THOMPSON
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 September 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21694, 21 APRIL 1945, PAGE 1
• Trader Horn
  Public - Ebony - Direct descendant - 14 August 2022 - Family Papers.

Service number

39200 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. abt 1911

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 September 2023 - Estimated from age at death

Place of birth

Tolaga Bay

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 September 2023 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Epiha Hori (George) & Ruta Te Ao TAMIHANA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 September 2023 - Reference to brother's birth record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Dan Tamararo (aunt), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39200 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Son of George Apia Tamihana Teao and Ruta Teao, of Tolago Bay, Auckland, New Zealand; nephew of Mrs. D. Tamararo, of Tolago Bay AWMM

Death

22 Apr 1943 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM VIII. D. 31 AWMM

Obituary

Thompson. —ln loving memory of our dear son and brother, Weti Tamihana Te Ao, killed in action at Takrouna on April 22nd, 1943.
Ever remembered
-by his loving father, brothers and sisters (Tolaga Bay.) .
Thompson. —ln fond memory of my dear brother Weti, killed in action at Takrouna, on April 22nd, 1943.
—lnserted by his loving brother Whainga (Overseas.) Thompson. —ln loving .memory of dear Weti, who was killed in action at Tunisia, April 22nd, 1943.
"A beautiful memory left behind.”
—lnserted by uncle Rutene, aunt Ada and family.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 September 2023 - IN MEMORIAM
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21694, 21 APRIL 1945, PAGE 1

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne 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/2230042
  Sources Used

References

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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 182
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.