Hamiora Kereopa

Forenames

Hamiora AWMM

Surname

Kereopa AWMM

Also known as

Sam AWMM

Service number

39365 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1913

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 September 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hamiora-kereopa

Place of birth

NZ

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 September 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hamiora-kereopa

Birth notes

Son of Kereopa and Susan Huhana KEREOPA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 September 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hamiora-kereopa

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whirinaki, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Huhama Kereopa (mother), Whirinaki, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39365 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Hamiora Kereopa was the son of Kereopa and Susan Huihana Kereopa (nee Leaf), of Whirinaki, Auckland, New Zealand.

Listed as S. Kereopa on the Hokianga Memorial

Takahiwai is listed on his record on the Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource].2002. AWMM

Death

25 May 1941 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. A. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

• Whirinaki, Hokianga memorial to Captain Harding W Leaf and others
  Public - Stuart - Researcher - 10 June 2015 - Personal observation of the memorial
• Whangarei wall of Rememberence, Laurie Hall Park, Whangarei,New Zealand.
  Public - Karen Marie - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - War Memorial Museum

Memorial reference

Whangarei

Public - Karen Marie - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - RSA

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• 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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/936834
  Sources Used

References

• Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
• 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 102
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.