Watene Herewini Unknown date of birth - Died 4 January 1944 PDF Key details Service number801969 AWMM Also known asKimihanga Herewini AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankPrivate AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesWatene AWMM SurnameHerewini AWMM Ingoa Also known asKimihanga Herewini AWMM Service number801969 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM Te Kaha, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs P. Herewini (mother), Te Kaha, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 21 July 1943 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignItaly AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number801969 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand AWMM Opotiki, Bay of Plenty AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankPrivate AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Mahuika and Parehuia Herewini, of Te Kaha AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death4 January 1944 AWMM Age 23 AWMM Italy, Europe AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeterySangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XI. C. 18. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAuckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Watene Herewini by laying a poppy. Sydney Herewini Waikura Herewini Watene Herewini William Herewini William Herewini Lay a poppy for 2019 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Watene Herewini Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org Sources Used 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945 http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/ Further Reference Cody, J.F. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.htm Further Reference DocumentsAuckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 12: WW2 87 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
