Michael Mahuika

Title

Private

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Forenames

Michael AWMM

Surname

Mahuika AWMM

Service number

62600 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Porou, Ngā Iwi o Horouta, Horouta, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Birth

1919 Public Source

Date of birth

1919

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Place of birth

Whakawhitira, Tikitiki, East Coast, NZ

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Birth notes

the son of Hamana Mahuika and Hemoata Kaui

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whakawhitira, Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr H. Mahuika (father), Whakawhitira, Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

62600 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Michael Mahuika was the son of Hamana Mahuika and Hemoata Mahuika, of Tikitiki, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

18 Aug 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 2. G. 11. AWMM

Obituary

RUATORIA MAN’S DEATH 16 MEN WOUNDED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. One East Coast soldier who died from sickness appears in the latest N.Z.E.F. casualty list. He is: Died of Sickness: MAHUIKA, Pte. Michael. Father: Mr H. Mahuika, Ruatoria.

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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

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/2113424
  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.
• 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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 233
• 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)