Phillip Tatare

Forenames

Phillip AWMM

Surname

Tatare AWMM

Also known as

Piripi AWMM

Service number

811388 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Date of birth

b. 1923

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 May 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/piripi-tatare

Birth notes

Son of Piripi Tatare and Harata Kupa, of Nukuhau

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM State Forest Service, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs H. Hurinui (mother), Taupo, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

811388 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Forestry worker/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 AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM

Son of Piripi Tatare and Harata Kupa, of Nukuhau, Auckland. AWMM

Death

21 Jul 1946 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Nukuhau Maori Cemetery AWMM

Obituary

DIED OF SICKNESS Tatare, Private Phillip. Mother, Mrs H. Kupa, Taupo.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 April 2025 - N.Z.E.F. CASUALTY LIST
Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24953, 14 August 1946, Page 8

Memorial name

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/2920296
  Sources Used

References

• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• 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.
  WW2 14: WW2 96
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.