Te Ranui Ruwhiu
Died 13 Oct 1998
- Service number
- 39703 AWMM
- Also known as
- Ray Ruwhiu AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- 28 (Maori) Battalion, Headquarters AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs K. Rakepue Ruwhiu (mother), Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 39703 AWMM
- Military service
- 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, Headquarters AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- WW2 POW - Kokkinia Prisoner-of-War Hospital, Kokinia, Greece AWMM
- WW2 POW - Stalag IX-C, Bad Sulza, Bad Sulza, Germany AWMM
- 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 RuwhiuPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 April 2016 - MORE MEN TRACED: New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24038, 8 August 1941, Page 9
- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
- Nov 1943Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 April 2016 - RELEASED PRISONERS
Auckland Star, 8 November 1943 - POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- 28 (Maori) Battalion, Headquarters AWMM
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Mrs K. Rakepue Ruwhiu of Opua. AWMM
- WOUNDED & MISSING - PREVIOUSLY REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION Pte Te Ranui, Ruwhiu, Mrs K R Ruwhiu, OpuaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 April 2016 - Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23395, 31 July 1941, Page 6
About death
- Death
- 13 Oct 1998 AWMM
- Date of death
- 30.10.1998Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
- Age at death
- 81yrsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
- Place of death
- Paihia, Far North District, NorthlandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
- Cause of death
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- Death notes
- He was not Killed in Action - WOUNDED & MISSING - PREVIOUSLY REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION Pte Te RanuiPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23395, 31 July 1941, Page 6
- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Paihia Cemetery, Paihia, Far North District, NorthlandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
- Grave reference
- RSA Block A, Plot 30Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - Information given to me by Diane TAYLOR
- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Sources
- External links
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
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
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- 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.
WW2 2: WW2 162 - Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
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