Dave Heta

Forenames

Dave AWMM

Surname

Heta AWMM

Also known as

Rewi HETA

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Service number

801795 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1921- 1922

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Place of birth

Pupuke, Auckland

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Birth notes

Son of Allen Heta and Kataraina Heta, of Pupuke

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Pupuke, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr A. Heta (father), Pupuke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

801795 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM 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

Dave Heta was the son of Allen Heta and Kataraina Heta, of Pupuke, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

31 Jul 1944 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VII. A. 7. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whangaroa Memorial Hall, Leigh Street, Kaeo 0478 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/2614259
  Sources Used

References

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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.
  WW2 12: WW2 87
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.