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Cenotaph record

Wakatahuri Pirini

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel P_012. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel P_012. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wakatahuri AWMM
  • Surname
    Pirini AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Waka AWMM
    • Waha AWMM
  • Service number
    39162 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    18 August 1918 Public - Sonia - Researcher - 28 January 2021 - Military Personnel file
  • Place of birth
    Reporua REPORUA, near Ruatoria Public - Sonia - Researcher - 28 January 2021 - Military Personnel file
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Reporoa, Waiapu County, New Zealand AWMM
    • Reporua, near Ruatoria (correction to spelling) Public - Sonia - Researcher - 28 January 2021 - Military personnel file
  • Post war occupation
    dairy farmer Public - Sonia - Researcher - 28 January 2021 - Military Personnel file
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr N. Thompson (uncle), Reporoa, Waiapu County, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr N Thompson of Reporua, Waiapu County Public - Sonia - Researcher - 28 January 2021 - Military personnel file
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39162 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 August 1942 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XIX. F. 25. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 149 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
28 January 2021Sonia Opotiki Bay of PlentyResearcher
03 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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