John Davis Tawhai

Forenames

John Davis AWMM

Surname

Tawhai AWMM

Service number

68244 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Tai Tokerau (Northern Tribes), Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1919

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Birth notes

Son of Mita and Pera Tawhai, of Waima

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM P.O. Box, Rawene, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs R.R. Tawhai (wife), C/o M. Tutu, P.O., Mititai, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Rurea Ritihia Tawhai, of Mititai
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

68244 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

John Tawhai was the son of Mita and Pera Tawhai, of Waima and husband of Rurea Ritihia Tawhai, of Mititai, Auckland. AWMM

Death

8 May 1943 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM VI. D. 22. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whakarewarewa, Te Hokowhitu-a-tu Memorial Gateway, Rotorua AWMM
• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Te Ara, the encyclopedia of New Zealand. Te Hokowhitu-a-tu: Whakarewarewa memorial gateway
  http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15029/memorial-gateway-whakarewarewa
  Further Reference
• 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/2230030
  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

• 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.
  p.389
• 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.