Edward Keppa

Forenames

Edward AWMM

Surname

Keppa AWMM

Also known as

Edward KEPA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 November 2022 - https://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/edward-kepa

Service number

62734 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Portland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.C. Keppa (wife), Portland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

62734 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Carpenter's labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Edward Keppa was the son of Tia and Olive Keppa, of Takahiwai, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of May Caroline Keppa, of Portland, Auckland.

Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

5 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM Coll. grave VIII. J. 1-3. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Takahiwai Marae Cemetery, Takahiwai, Whangārei District, Northland
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 March 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179484437/edward-kepa

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/2116902
  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

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 190
• Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Information kindly provided by family