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Pango Stirling Munro

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Pango Stirling AWMM
  • Surname
    Munro AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    65208 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1915 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 June 2024 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Place of birth
    Ohinemutu, Rotorua Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 June 2024 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Birth notes
    Son of the Revd. Himeperi Munro and Hera Munro, of Ohinemutu Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 June 2024 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S.C. Munro (mother), Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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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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  • Son of the Revd. Himeperi Munro and Hera Munro of Ohinemutu, Auckland. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 December 1944 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. B. 19. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • 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
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Memorials

Memorial

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

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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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. AWMM
      p.94 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
    • 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. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM

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10 June 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
17 December 2021Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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