Hoane Karaka

Forenames

Hoane AWMM

Surname

Karaka AWMM

Service number

811429 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1923

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Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Henri Kawana Karaka and Rawi Karaka, of Manoeka, Te Puke

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Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Manoeka, Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM
• Manoeka, Te Puke, New Zealand
  Public - John Hone - Sibling - 23 May 2015 - Family

Next of kin

• Mr H. Karaka (father), Manoeka, Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM
• Kia Ora
  Hoane Karaka is my uncle. He is one of my dad's oldest brothers.
  Hemi Kawana is my Grandfather and Rawinia Karaka is my grandmother. TeMaata Joseph Karaka is my father.
  Public - Rose - Other relative - 26 April 2025 - Hoane Karaka is my uncle and our information is from being blood related as my father is uncle Hoanes little brother
• Mrs Rawinia Karaka (mother), Manoeka, Te Puke, New Zealand
  Public - Anthony Wayne - Other Relative - 22 April 2015 - Hoane Karaka is my uncle. He is the older brother and namesake for my father, Hone Karaka.
  Their father, my grandfather is Hemi Karaka (also known as Hemi Kawana. Regt. No. 60820 WW1) and their mother, my grandmother is Rawinia Karaka nee Mane

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

811429 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Death

20 Jan 1945 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM

Grave reference

PLOT: IV, B, 16.

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Memorial name

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
• 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/2207045
  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. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 14: WW2 51
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.