Mickey Karaka

Forenames

Mickey AWMM

Surname

Karaka AWMM

Service number

817691 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

• 1925
  Public - Adrienne - Other relative - 7 April 2025 - My nana was the 2nd born child of Riki and Riria Karaka. She was 2 years younger than her brother. Also the notice in the paper says he turned 21 in 1946
• b. 1921
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/mickey-karaka

Birth notes

Son of Riki and Riria Karaka, of Te Araroa,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/mickey-karaka

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Mickey was 16 years old when he enlisted

Public - Adrienne - Other relative - 7 April 2025 - Family history and stories from my nana and others. Mickey was a talented sportsman and excelled in rugby and the battalion training camp.

Next of kin

Mrs R. Karaka (mother), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

817691 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 12th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• Private AWMM
  New Zealand Infantry AWMM
• WW2 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Death

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM

Obituary

Karaka, Pte. M.. 817691.— In loving memory of our dearest Mickey, killed in action, 15th December. 1944. Buried the same day in Faenza, Italy. Was 21 years on September 2nd, 1946.
Though you have gone.
And another year has ended,
Behind you. you have left
A picture which forever be Framed
in our' memories,
Like a silken cord which
Will linger on until we meet again.
-Inserted by his loving mother, sisters and brothers.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 February 2024 - ROLL OF HONOUR. IN MEMORIAM. - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXIII, ISSUE 22206, 17 DECEMBER 1946, 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/2207046
  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. (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
• 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.