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Tommy Teriaki

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Pte. T. Teriaki, of Ellerslie, killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 7 February 1945 p026. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19450207-26-20. Copyright or other restrictions may apply to this image.

Pte. T. Teriaki, of Ellerslie, killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly Ne …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tommy AWMM
  • Surname
    Teriaki AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 413022 AWMM
    • WWII NZW426813 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Man-o-War Bay, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr W. Teriaki (father), Lunn Avenue, Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Truck Driver/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Tommy Teriaki was the son of Whanawhana Teriaki, and of Makereta Teriaki, of Drury, Auckland, New Zealand.

    An article in the Western Leader mentions the diary of Douglas Strid, a member of 24 Battalion, who wrote in his war time diary about the death of eight of his colleagues on 1 January 1945 and their burials.

    He served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Construction Unit in Fiji, he then returned to Army. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 January 1945 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. D. 5. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 97 AWMM
    • Western Leader AWMM
      27 October 2011, p. 7 AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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