Atama Mikaere

Forenames

Atama AWMM

Surname

Mikaere AWMM

Also known as

• Adam AWMM
• Jack AWMM

Service number

25946 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1917

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 October 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/jack-mikaere

Birth notes

Son of Mikaere and Kirikowhai Heretaunga, of Whakarewarewa

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 October 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/jack-mikaere

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs R. Mikaere (mother), Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

25946 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

1941 AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Libyan Desert AWMM

Last rank

Private Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Son of Mikaere and Kirikowhai Heretaunga, of Whakarewarewa.

Two sons brothers Witariana Heretaunga (Witiana Mikaere) and Atama (or Adam / Jack) Mikaere (25946) were killed in WW2.

Served as Jack Mikaere. Listed on the Whakarewarewa Memorial as J Mikaere. AWMM

Death

23 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. F. 1. AWMM

Obituary

Memorial text: "Waiho Te Riri Me Te Kino I Muri. Leave War and Strife Behind you". Erected to the memory of Atama (Adam) Mikaere. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whakarewarewa, Te Hokowhitu-a-tu Memorial Gateway, Rotorua AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/jack-mikaere
  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
• Te Ara website Rautapu Cave
  http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/volcanic-plateau-places/9/5
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2057709
  Sources Used

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• 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 327
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.