Samuel Hodge

Forenames

Samuel AWMM

Surname

Hodge AWMM

Service number

25878 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Date of birth

b. 1914

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Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Charles Ehau Whakaheke & Areta Te Waiti HODGE

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Koutu, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs J.M. Hodge (wife), Koutu, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• 1940 Samuel HODGE married Joanna MAMAKU
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 August 2026 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

25878 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Truck Driver/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Sergeant 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

Staff Sergeant Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Samuel Hodge was the son of Charlie Hodge and of Alice Hodge (nee Brady), of Ohinemutu; husband of Joanna Hodge, of Koutu. AWMM

Death

29 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XIII. H. 20. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whakarewarewa, Te Hokowhitu-a-tu Memorial Gateway, Rotorua 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/2094697
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 163
• 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.