Hautapu Newton

Forenames

Hautapu AWMM

Surname

Newton AWMM

Also known as

Harold Newton AWMM

Service number

25960 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1909

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 May 2025 - Estimated from age when he died

Birth notes

Son of Te Wharangi Ngarotata and Marama Ngarotata NEWTON, of Piopio, King Country

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 May 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hautapu-newton

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Piopio, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr F.N. Nelson (father), Piopio, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Widowed AWMM
• 1940 Hautapu NEWTON married Eliza TAITOKO
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 May 2025 - NZ BDM Marriage Records
• Husband of Eliza NEWTON
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 May 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hautapu-newton

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

25960 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Hautapu Newton was the son of Te Wharangi Ngarotata Newton and Marama Ngarotata Newton, of Piopio, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Eliza Newton, of Otorohanga, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

5 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM VIII. F. 12. AWMM

Cemetery name

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt

Public - John-Stewart - Other Relative - 28 April 2015 - 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/
  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/2210808
  Sources Used

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.
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