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Kereti Pau Mariu

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kereti Pau AWMM
  • Surname
    Mariu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 25935 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
    Te Arawa AWMM
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Native Land Board, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs M. Mariu (wife), National Park, Tokaanu, New Zealand AWMM
    • National Park is some 43 km South of Taumarunui on State Highway 4. It is not in Tokaanu. Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 27 November 2020 - research
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 25935 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Kereti Pau Mariu was the son of Pau Mariu and Rangimarama Mariu (nee Kirehoro) of Waihi. He was the husband of Arahera Maud Mariu of Rata, Wellington. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 January 1944 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IX. E.27 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Taumarunui War Memorial Hall, Hakiaha Street, Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand. Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 27 November 2020 - research

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Sources

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  • References
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 236 AWMM
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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27 November 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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