Tom Taumata

Forenames

• Tom AWMM
• Tom Tamanohia
  Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 9 December 2018 - Church Records (249936) for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Surname

Taumata AWMM

Service number

26047 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Date of birth

4 February 1908

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Place of birth

Kopuawhara, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 9 December 2018 - Church Records (249936) for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Opoutama Post-office, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr Taumata (father), Opoutama, 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

26047 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Waterside worker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D 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, D Company AWMM

Death

23 May 1941 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Obituary

Taumata.—ln loving memory of my dear son Tom. who was killed in action in Crete on 23rd May, 1941. —Ever remembered by his loving mother. Mihi Taumata.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 December 2025 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23260, 23 May 1950, Page 1

Memorial name

Athens Memorial, Face 14., Greece

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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/2629945
  Sources Used

References

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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 464
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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.