Kapu Hurihanganui

Forenames

• Kapu AWMM
• Te Kapua-i-waho
  Public - John Kapua - Other Relative - 22 April 2015 - Oral family history

Surname

Hurihanganui AWMM

Also known as

Kapu

Public - John Kapua - Other Relative - 22 April 2015 - Oral family history

Service number

67552 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Whāoa, Ngā Iwi o Te Arawa, Te Arawa, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1917

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 August 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kapu-hurihanganui

Place of birth

NZ

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 August 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kapu-hurihanganui

Birth notes

Son of Haare and Ngahaka HURIHANGANUI (nee Clarke)

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 August 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kapu-hurihanganui

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Wharepaina, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Hurihanganui (wife), Whakarewarewa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• 1939 Kapuaiwaho HURIHANGANUI married Miriata MIHINUI
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 August 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kapu-hurihanganui & NZ BDM Marriage records

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

67552 AWMM

Military service

28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM State Forestry Worker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private 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

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

Kapu Hurihanganui was the son of Haare Hurihanganui and of Ngahaka Hurihanganui (nee Clarke), of Whakarewarewa, New Zealand; husband of Miriata Hurihanganui, of Whakarewarewa, New Zealand AWMM

Death

31 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. G. 3. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whakarewarewa, Te Hokowhitu-a-tu Memorial Gateway, Rotorua AWMM
• Memorial Wall, Reporoa Memorial Hall 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/2094868
  Sources Used
• Smith, L. (2025, April 25). Anzac Day in Reporoa to feature unveiling of settler families’ photo wall. Rotorua Daily Post. NZ Herald.
  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/anzac-day-in-reporoa-to-feature-unveiling-of-settler-families-photo-wall/3UUKSSGWPFA7BPDFLER2SDXAVA/
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 5: WW2 104
• 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.
• Wills, A., Shearer, C., Donelley, S., & Willis, A. (2025). Reporoa RSA memorial wall: A community tribute (2nd ed.). Reporoa RSA.