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Te Ranui Ruwhiu

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Te Ranui AWMM
  • Surname
    Ruwhiu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ray Ruwhiu AWMM
  • Service number
    39703 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K. Rakepue Ruwhiu (mother), Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Kokkinia Prisoner-of-War Hospital, Kokinia, Greece WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag IX-C, Bad Sulza, Bad Sulza, Germany WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
    • WW2 POW - Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg Castle, Hesse, Germany AWMM
    • PRISONERS OF WAR Geneva Red Cross confirms following prisoners of war in Greece: Te Ranui Ruwhiu Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 April 2016 - MORE MEN TRACED: New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24038, 8 August 1941, Page 9
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
    Nov 1943 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 April 2016 - RELEASED PRISONERS
    Auckland Star, 8 November 1943
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Mrs K. Rakepue Ruwhiu of Opua. AWMM
    • WOUNDED & MISSING - PREVIOUSLY REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION Pte Te Ranui, Ruwhiu, Mrs K R Ruwhiu, Opua Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 April 2016 - Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23395, 31 July 1941, Page 6

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    30.10.1998 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
  • Age at death
    81yrs Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
  • Place of death
    Paihia, Far North District, Northland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Paihia Cemetery, Paihia, Far North District, Northland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
  • Grave reference
    RSA Block A, Plot 30 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • was my great grandfarther ,on my dads side.
    Public - jan te ranui - Other relative - 27 May 2017
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  • Koro Ray was my Grandmother's brother. Her name was Mereri Wiperi (Ruwhiu) Just wanted to acknowledge and honor Koro. :)
    Public - Hinerangi Mary - Other relative - 21 April 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 162 AWMM
    • Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
01 May 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
27 May 2017jan te ranuiopua bay of islands Other relative
24 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
21 April 2016Hinerangi MaryHamilton, New ZealandOther relative

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