Victor Kutia

Title

Private

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Military record

Forenames

Victor AWMM

Surname

Kutia AWMM

Also known as

Wikitana Victor Hiparima KUTIA

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Service number

65288 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

Circa 1911 Public Source

Date of birth

abt. 1911

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Estimated from age at death

Place of birth

East Coast, NZ

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 February 2016 - Estimated

Birth notes

Son of Rawiri Kutia and of Mihi Kutia (nee Leach), of Tolaga Bay

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Pakare Station, Whangara, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs J. Kutia (wife), P.O., Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• husband of Julia Kutia, of Whangara
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

65288 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Shepherd/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Victor Kutia was the son of Rawiri Kutia and of Mihi Kutia (nee Leach), of Tolaga Bay, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Julia Kutia, of Whangara, Auckland. AWMM

Death

23 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. D. 5. AWMM

Obituary

FOOTBALLER’S DEATH
PRIVATE V. KUTIA Official notification of the death in action of Private Victor Kutia has been received by his mother, Mrs. Mihi Kutia, Tolaga Bay. The second son of Mrs. Kutia and the late Mr. Rawiri Kutia, Private Kutia was employed as a shepherd on the Whangara block for nearly 10 years prior to his enlistment. He was prominent on the football field, his weight (16|st.), and speed securing him positions in the forward packs in Tolaga Bay, East Coast and Poverty Bay representative teams. He was also a member of the Tairawhiti team which defeated Western Maori in Wairoa in the Prince of Wales Cup match, an occasion when the Tairawhiti forwards played so well that Sir Apirana Ngata termed them the "Tairawhiti steamroller.” He was also selected to tour Fiji with the Maori team, but was unable to secure leave for the trip. Prior to his enlistment he played for the G.H.S.0.B. team. Private Kutia was killed in the Solium battle on November 23, He is survived by his widow and one son, his widowed mother, four brothers, including one overseas, and four sisters to mourn their loss.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20681, 4 FEBRUARY 1942, PAGE 4

Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM
• He also appears on the Hinemaurea marae Memorial gates in Mangatuna
  Public - Ngaio - 14 February 2020 - Hinemaurea marae memorial gates c/o NZ History website.

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/2116499
  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

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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 196
• 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.