Rutangi Toby Peta

Forenames

Rutangi Toby AWMM

Surname

Peta AWMM

Also known as

Peata AWMM

Service number

WWII 802455 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM Cape Runaway, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs R. Peta (mother), Cape Runaway, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 802455 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.153

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.153 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.153 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Listed incorrectly on the Nominal Roll 12 as Peata and listed out of sequence the incorrect name appearing after Pester AWMM

Death

11 Apr 1945 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. D. 14. 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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237713
  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

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 178
• 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)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.