Wi Kingi

Forenames

Wi AWMM

Surname

Kingi AWMM

Service number

39134 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

1910

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Place of birth

Tolaga Bay

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Birth notes

Son of Kaipaka Kingi and Heni Teawanui Kingi, of Tolaga Bay

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.W. Kingi (wife), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Mere Whaki, of Tolaga Bay
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Tunisia AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39134 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Wi Kingi was the son of Kaipaka Kingi and Heni Teawanui Kingi, of Tolaga Bay, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Mere Whaki, of Tolaga Bay. AWMM

Death

28 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  33 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. C. 24. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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
• 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/2183006
  Sources Used

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. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 103
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.