David Hone Kerei Matehaere Parata

Forenames

David Hone Kerei Matehaere AWMM

Surname

Parata AWMM

Also known as

David Hone Kerei Matahaere AWMM

Service number

WWII 35998 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1912

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Place of birth

Wellington

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Birth notes

Son of Charles Parata, M.P. and Te Rongokakira, of Wellington City,

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Address before enlistment

WW2 46 Hutt Road, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs Peti Te K.H. Olsen (sister), 46 Hutt Road, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 35998 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

David Parata was the son of Charles Parata, M.P. and Te Rongokakira, of Wellington. AWMM

Death

24 May 1941 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. B. 3. AWMM

Obituary

In Memoriam notice: Evening Post, 2 February 1942 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28 (Maori) Battalion Roll of Honour originally published in Cody (1956). Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor-_N100649.html
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/david-hone-kerei-matehaere-parata
  Further Reference
• NEW ZEALAND ROLL OF HONOUR. IN MEMORIAM. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 27, 2 February 1942, Page 1
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19420202.2.6&srpos=8&e=--1940---1945--100--1----0william+ashmore--
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/936985
  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

References

• 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.
  WW2 3: WW2 365
• The kai-courier. Magazine of returning forces on board H.M.T. No. 230, 'Kaikoura'. Departing Suez on 6 March 1919.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.