Joseph Hemopo

Forenames

Joseph AWMM

Surname

Hemopo AWMM

Also known as

Hohepa AWMM

Service number

WWII 25865 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Date of birth

b. 1924

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 March 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/joseph-hemopo

Place of birth

Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 March 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/joseph-hemopo

Birth notes

Son of Te Wera Hemopo and Maria Putiputi Hemopo

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 March 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/joseph-hemopo

Address before enlistment

WW2 Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs M.H. Hemopo (mother), Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 25865 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Shop assistant/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 Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Joseph Hemopo was the son of Te Wera Hemopo and Maria Putiputi Hemopo, of Rotorua, New Zealand.

Age at death on Commonwealth War Graves is recorded as 18 years. Named H. Hemopo on the Whakarewarewa memorial AWMM

Death

24 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  18 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XIII. F. 16. AWMM

Obituary

IN MEMORIAM

HEMOPO. — In loving- memory of our dear son and brother, Joseph (Hepo). who died of wounds in the Middle East, October 21th, 1942.
They shall not grow. old, "As we that are left, grow old; Age shall not weary them, Or the year's condemn, At the going down of the sun, And in the morning, We shall remember them. — Inserted by his Mum, Dad, Rangi and Fred.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 February 2026 - Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 4938, 25 October 1945, Page 1

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whakarewarewa, Te Hokowhitu-a-tu Memorial Gateway, Rotorua AWMM
• Rotorua Citizens War Memorial (World War 2) 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/2094588
  Sources Used

References

• 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 208
• 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.