Mika Tuhoro

Forenames

Mika AWMM

Surname

Tuhoro AWMM

Service number

WWII 802248 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngā Iwi o Mataatua, Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1912

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Birth notes

Son of Haturini and Tiria Tuhoro, of Ruatoki,

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Address before enlistment

WW2 Ruatoki North, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs T. Tuhoro (wife), Ruatoki North, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Teao Tuhoro,
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 802248 AWMM

Military service

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, 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!

Mika Tuhoro was the son of Haturini and Tiria Tuhoro, of Ruatoki, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Teao Tuhoro, of Ormond, Auckland.

Reference to death of this soldier in Cecil Coughlan (ed. Garrie Coughlan) Diary of a Kiwi Soldier in World War II. AWMM

Death

24 May 1944 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM X. E. 5. AWMM

Obituary

THANKS NOTICE
Mrs Margaret Tuhoro, Taneatua, sincerely thanks the members of the Taneatua Farewell Committee who sympathised by letter received in the recent sad and sudden bereavement for the loss of her husband, Pte Mika Tuhoro killed on active service. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgment

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/2613214
  Sources Used
• Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
  https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
  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

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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 196
• Coughlan, C. (2006). Diary of a Kiwi Soldier in World War II. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
  n.p., entry 25 May 1944.
• 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.
• Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum.
• Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum.