Turanga Hohepa Maaka

Forenames

Turanga Hohepa AWMM

Surname

Maaka AWMM

Service number

811742 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1911

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Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Hohepa Maaka and Ngapune Maaka;

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mourea, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs N.T. Maaka (wife), Mourea, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Ngamih Maaka, of Mourea
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

811742 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Driver/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Son of Hohepa Maaka and Ngapune Maaka. Husband of Ngamih Maaka of Mourea, Auckland. AWMM

Death

9 Apr 1945 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. B. 10. AWMM

Obituary

MAAKA (Corporal).—Mrs Hera Turanga Maaka and Family and Sisters, of Mourea, wish to sincerely thank all relatives and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy in the sad loss of a loving husband, father and brother; also for letter? and telegrams received. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgment.

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Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Rotorua Citizens War Memorial (World War 2) 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/2237540
  Sources Used

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.