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Cenotaph record

Pera Haronga

  • Service number
    802407 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Dooley AWMM
    • D. P. Haronga AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
    Private Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
    28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel H_008. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel H_008. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Pera AWMM
  • Surname
    Haronga AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Dooley AWMM
    • D. P. Haronga AWMM
  • Service number
    802407 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1924 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 April 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/pera-haronga
  • Place of birth
    Ohinemutu, Rotorua Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 April 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/pera-haronga
  • Birth notes
    Son of Donald Harawira Haronga and Manhana Haronga Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 April 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/pera-haronga
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Haronga (mother), Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    802407 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
    28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Aka Dooley, as recorded in Soutar (2008)

      Identified as B and C Company (Soutar, 2008) AWMM
    • Pera's father was Sergeant # 4892 Donald HARONGA of Rotorua
      they also must have connections with Gisborne: -

      BEREAVEMENT NOTICE
      Haronga. —Mr. and Mrs. Haronga and daughter, Rotorua, wish to sincerely thank all relatives and friends for their Kindness and expressions of sympathy during their recent sad bereavement in the loss of their son and brother, overseas; also for all letters and telegrams received. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgment. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 July 2023 - https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/donald-harawira-haronga/photos & BEREAVEMENT NOTICE
      GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21623, 27 JANUARY 1945, PAGE 1
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Death

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  • Death
    8 January 1945 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I. A. 6. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 40 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 April 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
10 March 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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