Morgan Manu Waa

Forenames

Morgan AWMM

Surname

Manu Waa AWMM

Also known as

Manuwaa AWMM

Service number

25930 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Orewai, Ngā Puhi, Māori AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Pipiwai, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr Wiremu Manu Waa (father), Pipiwai, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

25930 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Quarryman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Morgan Manu Waa was the son of Wiremu Manu Waa and Tirita Manu Waa, of Pipiwai, New Zealand.

Name incorrectly written in the Nominal Roll; the Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945.MS 93/139; and consequently in the Hall of Memories (March 2010) . AWMM

Death

16 Dec 1941 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. A. 3. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/morgan-manu-waa
  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/2162811
  Sources Used

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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 316