Wiremu Peihana Peachey

Forenames

Wiremu Peihana AWMM

Surname

Peachey AWMM

Also known as

Bill AWMM

Service number

802130 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

1917

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Place of birth

Te Araroa, NZ

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Birth notes

son of William Keno PEACHY & Eileen nee' BRISTOWE.

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs E.R. Peachey (wife), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

802130 AWMM

Military service

2nd Maori Battalion AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Death

5 Jan 1944 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Peachey.—ln sad but loving memory of our darling father, Pte. W. Peachey, killed in action, Ausonia, Italy, January 5, 1944.
Sleep on dear father and take thy rest,
Rest thy head upon thy Saviour's breast
We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best.
Longed for; prayed, remembered always.
—Inserted by his loving children, Riripeti, Mahinaroa and Wiremu.
Peachey.—ln loving memory of our dear son, William, killed in action in Ausonia, Italy, January 5. 1944.
Many await the last all clear,
With heart of joy and gladness.
Give us that hope for you dear son,
Instead of sorrow and sadness.
What would we give to clasp your hand,
One day in Eternity we pray.
—Inserted by mum and dad.
Peachey.—ln loving memory, of William, killed in action in Ausonia, Italy, on January 5, 1944.
Things have changed in many ways,
But one thing never changes,
The memory of those happy days,
When we were all together.
Just to see your loving face
Come smiling through our door.
—Inserted by his loving brothers, Sonny, Jim, Tom, Busby, Walter, Bob, Dave and Michael.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 August 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM -GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXIII, ISSUE 21912, 5 JANUARY 1946, PAGE 1

Memorial name

• Cassino Memorial, Italy AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM
• Pte W P PEACHEY (aka PEACHY) was Killed in Action in Italy. A memorial of Wiremu Peihana PEACHY can be found in the Awatere Urupa, Te Araroa, at his son's, Richard PEACHY's Grave Plot 8.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 September 2022 - Awatere Urupa, Marangairoa Road, Awatere REGISTER

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2071885
  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
• 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

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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 11: WW2 102
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• 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.