Darkie Mura Haapu

Forenames

Darkie Mura AWMM

Surname

Haapu AWMM

Service number

39213 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

15 March 1918

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Place of birth

Whangara, Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Karauria and Heni HAAPU of Whangara

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whangara, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs H.W. Haapu (mother), Whangara, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39213 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

28 (Maori) Battalion, Main Body AWMM

Death

30 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Whangara Cemetery, Whangara, Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

Haapu.— Died in Wellington Hospital, on October 30, 1942, as a result of . wounds received in the Middle East, Private Mura (Darkie) Haapu.

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GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20932, 4 NOVEMBER 1942, 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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2921349
  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

• 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 76
• 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.