Te Kira Minarapa

Forenames

Te Kira AWMM

Surname

Minarapa AWMM

Also known as

John AWMM

Service number

39108 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1916

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Place of birth

Matata

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Birth notes

Son of Metio and Aneta Minarapa, of Matata

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Matata, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Edith Minarapa (wife), Matata, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Te Kira & Edith MINARAPA married 27 December 1939 during his Christmas leave
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39108 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death 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!

Te Kira Minarapa was the son of Metio and Aneta Minarapa, of Matata; husband of Edith Minarapa, of Rotoiti

Portrait at http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/photo/five-28th-battalion-boys-matata AWMM

Death

24 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 16. F. 6. AWMM

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2057724
  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. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.