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Te Ua Keepa

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel J_014. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel J_014. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Te Ua AWMM
  • Surname
    Keepa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Teua AWMM
  • Service number
    811116 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1913 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/teua-keepa
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Merepeka and Toropine Keepa, of Te Kaha Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/teua-keepa
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Kaha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs N. Keepa (wife), Te Kaha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 21 Feb 1944-31 March 1944 AWMM Married AWMM
    • Husband of Ngawiki Keepa, of Te Kaha. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/teua-keepa

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    811116 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Merepeka and Toropine Keepa, of Te Kaha; husband of Ngawiki Keepa, of Te Kaha

    Listed on the Nominal Roll as Teua and as Te Ua in Soutar (2008) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 August 1944 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
    3 August 1944 Public - Tamati - Direct descendant - 23 April 2020 - Family history
  • Age at death
    Age 32 Public - Tamati - Direct descendant - 23 April 2020 - Family history
  • Place of death
    Italy Public - Tamati - Direct descendant - 23 April 2020 - Family history
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VII. B. 13. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Florence War Cemetery Public - Tamati - Direct descendant - 23 April 2020 - Family history
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    PTE Te Ua Keepa Public - Tamati - Direct descendant - 23 April 2020 - Family history
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 65 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 October 2022Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
09 December 2021Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher
23 April 2020TamatiTe KahaDirect descendant

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