Pango Stirling Munro

Forenames

Pango Stirling AWMM

Surname

Munro AWMM

Service number

65208 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

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

Date of birth

b. 1915

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 June 2024 - NZ BDM Birth records

Place of birth

Ohinemutu, Rotorua

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Birth notes

Son of the Revd. Himeperi Munro and Hera Munro, of Ohinemutu

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs S.C. Munro (mother), Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

65208 AWMM

Military service

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Teacher/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• Captain/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Infantry AWMM
• WW2 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

Son of the Revd. Himeperi Munro and Hera Munro of Ohinemutu, Auckland. AWMM

Death

10 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. B. 19. AWMM

Obituary

OFFICER KILLED IN ACTION
LINK WITH SOUTHLAND MAORI TRIBES Captain Pango Stirling Munro, who has been killed in action, was linked with Maori tribes in Southland. He was a son of the late Rev. H. W. Munro and Mrs Helen Munro, of Rotorua, and was 29 years of age. Mrs Munro is a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Stirling, of Riverton. Her great-grand-father was Captain Stirling, after whom Stirling Point at Bluff was named. Captain Munro, who spent a year of his schooldays at Riverton, belonged to the Ngatimoe and Ngatahu tribes in Southland, and on his falher's side was associated with the Ngatiwnakane, of Rotorua, another distinguished fighting tribe.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 June 2024 - OFFICER KILLED IN ACTION
SOUTHLAND TIMES, ISSUE 25551, 20 DECEMBER 1944, PAGE 4

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Rotorua Citizens War Memorial (World War 2) AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  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/2207175
  Sources Used
• Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
  https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.94
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum.
• Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.