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Irimana Tangaere

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Headstone, Forli Cemetery (photo Gabrielle Fortune 2008) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Headstone, Forli Cemetery (photo Gabrielle Fortune 2008) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Irimana AWMM
  • Surname
    Tangaere AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bronco Tangaere AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 802222 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 4 November 1920 AWMM
    • 1920 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1920 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Estimated
  • Place of birth
    East Coast, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Estimated
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs O. Tangaere (wife), Rangitukia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    • 1st reported wounded in March 1944 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 76, 30 March 1944, Page 4

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    11 April 1945 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI, B, 6. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Tokomaru Bay War Memorial
    Tokomaru Bay Memorial Gates
    Gisborne's War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 189 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 December 2022Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
20 December 2021Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher
06 January 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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