Wakatahuri Pirini

Forenames

Wakatahuri AWMM

Surname

Pirini AWMM

Also known as

• Waka AWMM
• Waha AWMM

Service number

39162 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

18 August 1918

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Place of birth

Reporua REPORUA, near Ruatoria

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Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Reporoa, Waiapu County, New Zealand AWMM
• Reporua, near Ruatoria (correction to spelling)
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Post war occupation

dairy farmer

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Next of kin

• Mr N. Thompson (uncle), Reporoa, Waiapu County, New Zealand AWMM
• Mr N Thompson of Reporua, Waiapu County
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Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39162 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Dairy farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Name appears as Waha in Nominal Rolls, as Waka in Commonwealth War Graves AWMM

Death

27 Aug 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XIX. F. 25. 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/2211185
  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.
• 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. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 149
• 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)