Karipori Hongara

Forenames

Karipori AWMM

Surname

Hongara AWMM

Also known as

Gullis AWMM

Service number

39209 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1918

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Place of birth

East Coast, Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Tuta and Heni Hongara, of Hiruharama, Ruatoria

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Aorangi Post-office, Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr Tuta Hongara (father), Ruatoria, 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

39209 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Karipori Hongara was the son of Tuta and Heni Hongara, of Hiruharama, Auckland, New Zealand.

Aka Gullis as recorded in Soutar (2008). 28 (Maori) Battalion, Main Body AWMM

Death

23 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. F. 7. AWMM

Obituary

Hongara.—Lies in the valley of Solium the body of our lost son, brother and uncle, Pte. Karipori Hongara, who was killed in action on November 23, 1942.
"Takoto mai ra e Pori,
Ki roto o Horumu
E Kore Koe e wareware,
I muri nei. —
Inserted by his mother, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and also Pte P. Nihoniho and Pte P. Tuhura, both prisoners of war in German

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 July 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21569, 23 NOVEMBER 1944, PAGE 1

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne 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/2116330
  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

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 90
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.