Jack Brooks Kirk

Forenames

Jack Brooks AWMM

Surname

Kirk AWMM

Service number

802027 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1913

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Place of birth

East Coast, Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of William Kirk and Kara Kirk, of Rangitukia, East Coast, Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tikitiki, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs K. Kirk (mother), Tikitiki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

802027 AWMM

Military service

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Son of William and Karoraina Kirk

Four brothers served with the 28 (Maori) Battalion, only 2 brothers came home Barney (802026) and Harold (62594). Jack (802027) was killed in action and Thomas (39143) died on active service. Barney and Jack have sequential service numbers. AWMM

Death

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I. B. 17. AWMM

Obituary

Kirk.—ln loving memory of my dear son, Cpt. Jack Kirk, who was killed in action at Faenza (Italy), on the 15th December, 1944.
In his lonely grave, far away under Italian skies,
Sleeps our beloved son Jack.
Oh, how we miss his loving ways,
His helping hand across the weary miles.
Remember with a mother s pride,
Of how he lived and nobly died.
He did his duty nobly and paid the Supreme Sacrifice
so that we may live in peace and security.
You’ll never leave us dear Jackie,
Deep in our hearts you are living yet.
And ever will till we meet again.
We love you too dearly to ever forget.
—Loved and always remembered by his mum and dad

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21897, 15 DECEMBER 1945, PAGE 1

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St Mary's Church, Memorial Board, Tikitiki, near Rangitukia, East Coasts, New Zealand AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• St Mary's Church, Tikitiki.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237485
  Sources Used
• Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
  https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
  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

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• The Weekly News
  1944
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 107
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum.
• Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum.