George Graham

Forenames

George AWMM

Surname

Graham AWMM

Also known as

George Taiawhio GRAHAM

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Service number

25851 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1918

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Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Pita and Marata GRAHAM

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mokai, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs H. Turner (mother), Mokai, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

25851 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Mill hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• Private Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
  28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
• Signalman
  Public - Dennis - Direct descendant - 26 April 2020 - George Graham is my late uncle. The information that he was a Signalman was communicated to me by my late mother Alva Te Aeawa Tohovaka nee Te Tomo.

George Graham was the son of Pita and Marata Graham, of Mokai, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

23 May 1941 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Memorial name

• Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM
• 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/2106369
  Sources Used

References

• 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 180
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.