Parekura McLean

Forenames

Parekura AWMM

Surname

McLean AWMM

Also known as

• Paddy McLean AWMM
• Parekura Makarini AWMM

Service number

25922 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. abt 1919

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Place of birth

East Coast, Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Epanaimo and Makere Waikare McLean, of Waitakaro (Hiruharama), Ruatoria

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Care of T. Holden, Rimuroa Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr E. McLean (father), Post-office, Waitakaro, Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

25922 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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Parekura McLean was the son of Epanaimo and Makere Waikare McLean, of Waitakaro (Hiruharama), Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

23 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. F. 4. AWMM

Obituary

The latest list of New Zealand Expeditionary Force casualties contains the names of seven Gisborne and East Coast soldiers killed in action and three prisoners of war. They include: - McLean, .Pte. Parekura. Father, Mr. E. McLean, Waitakaro, P. 0., Ruatoria.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 July 2023 - DEATH OF 17 MEN
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20683, 6 FEBRUARY 1942, PAGE 2

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/2057621
  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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 305
• 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)