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Lemuel Mahanga

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Portrait of Private Lemuel Mahanga, Auckland Weekly News, 25 June 1941. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19410625-26-39. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Private Lemuel Mahanga, Auckland Weekly News, 25 June 1941. Auckland Libraries Heritage …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Lemuel AWMM
  • Surname
    Mahanga AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 39562 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 No. 5 Camp, Public Works Department, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs P. Mahanga (mother), Iwitea, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 39562 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Lemuel Mahanga was the son of Mahanga Haora and Pare Mahanga, of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Crete, Greece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Face 13, Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM

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    Public - Fiona - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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