Hori Kerei Taupe

Forenames

Hori Kerei AWMM

Surname

Taupe AWMM

Service number

65256 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Date of birth

b. 1916

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Birth notes

Son of George Taupe and Te Aruhe Taupe, of Te Puke

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM C/o State Forestry, Pongakawa, Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs T. Taupe (mother), Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

65256 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/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

Lance Corporal/Military Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Son of George Taupe and Te Aruhe Taupe, of Te Puke, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Death

26 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. F. 5 AWMM

Obituary

TAUPE-.—ln memory of .my dear eon, Lance-Corporal Hori Kerei, killed in action, North Africa, March 20. 1913. He fought and died that I may live.
—lnserted by his dad, Te Puke.
TAUPE.—In loving memory of my dear brother, Lance-Corporal Hori Iverei, killed in action, North Africa, March 26. 1943. When last I saw his smiling face
He looked so bright and well. Little did I know that day Would be our last farewell. So deep in my heart a memory is kept Of a brother I loved so well.
—Always remembered by his loving sister, Pirihira Hohipera.
TAUPE, Hori.—ln loving memory of my dear nephew, killed in action two years ago today.
Moe mai e Hori i runga o Ihipa
Hei konei au, tangi kau atu ai,
Haere ra e tama ki tau whaea
E aroha tia nei korua e au
I gna wa katoa.
—lnserted by his loving auntie, Marata Ta mihiana.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 April 2025 - New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25161, 26 March 1945, Page 1

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/2183466
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 345
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.