Heta Tamahori

Title

Corporal

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Forenames

Heta AWMM

Surname

Tamahori AWMM

Service number

67474 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1919 Public Source

Date of birth

1919

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Place of birth

East Coast, Waiapu

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Birth notes

son of Rev. Pineamine & Mareana TAMAHORI

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tikitiki, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Tamahori (mother), Tikitiki, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 8th Reinforcments 28th Maori Battalion
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Service number

67474 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 8th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

• Son of the Reverend Pineamine Tamahori.and Mereana Muheni Tamahori, of Ruatoria
  
  Invalided with injuries to New Zealand AWMM
• Correction: Son of the Reverend Pineamine Tamahori.
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Death

11 Sept 1943 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Mangatarewa Cemetery, Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

L/CPL. HETA TAMAHORI The death occurred in Wellington last Saturday of L/Corporal Heta Tamahori, who had recently been invalided home from the Middle East. L/Corporal Tamahori was the third son of the late Rev. Pine Tamahori and Mrs. M Baker, of Kakariki, East Coast. He was born in Tuparoa and educated at Te Aute College and left Gisborne on July 10, 1941, to enter the army, proceeding overseas in January, 1943. Prior to enlistment, he was a member of the staff of the Native Department, Gisborne, and was held in great respect by all members of the staff; ' The mortal remains of the deceased arrived from Wellington on Tuesday morning and were conveyed to Poho-o-Rawiri, where a short service was held to enable Gisborne friends and fellow-workers to pay their last ‘respects to a comrade who had given his life for his Country arid the cause of freedom. After the ceremony, which was largely attended by both Europeans and Maoris, the casket was carried by members of the Native Land Court to the waiting car, which was to convey the body to the East Coast for interment. Those left to mourn are his mother and the Rev. John Tamahori. George, overseas, Henare, R.N.Z.A.F., Phillip, Native Department, Wellington, Rangi and Hana Tamahori.

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GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXX, ISSUE 21202, 17 SEPTEMBER 1943, PAGE 4

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/2920156
  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

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 9: WW2 388
• 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.