Kiri Isaacs

Forenames

Kiri AWMM

Surname

Isaacs AWMM

Service number

801658 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1922

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 March 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kiri-isaacs

Birth notes

Son of William Isaacs and of Elizabeth Isaacs (nee Pirika), of Dargaville

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Dargaville, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Elizabeth Isaacs (mother), Dargaville, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

801658 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Kiri Isaacs was the son of William Isaacs and of Elizabeth Isaacs (nee Pirika), of Dargaville, New Zealand.

Listed with serial number 801658 in the Nominal Roll 12 AWMM

Death

22 Sept 1944 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Ancona War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I. L. 13. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville 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/2068220
  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 97
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Information kindly provided by family