Rawiri Tamanui Jones

Forenames

Rawiri Tamanui AWMM

Surname

Jones AWMM

Also known as

Davy AWMM

Service number

39189 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Nepia and Jane Jones, of Tolago Bay,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 April 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/rawiri-tamanui-jones

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs J. Jones (mother), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39189 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Capture details

WW2 POW - Crete AWMM
Neonkhorion AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
• 20 May 1941 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Neonkhorion. GSW Abdomen - back. AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Rawiri John was the son of Nepia and Jane Jones, of Tolaga Bay, Auckland, New Zealand.

Also known as Davy as recorded in Soutar (2008) AWMM

Death

28 May 1941 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Memorial name

• Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM
• 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/2106751
  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 99
• 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.
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.