Tom Henare

Forenames

Tom AWMM

Surname

Henare AWMM

Service number

25867 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1916

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Birth notes

Son of Heremia and Maria Henare, of Waimahora,

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Care of H. Oliver, Rural Delivery, Mangonui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr M. Henare (father), Mangonui, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

25867 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Truck Driver/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Tom Henare was the son of Heremia and Maria Henare, of Waimahora AWMM

Death

27 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 22. E. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Mangonui (Cenotaph) War Memorial, Mangonui, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
• Mangonui War Memorial Hall, Mangonui, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 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/2116293
  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

• 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 208
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.