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Toka Rarangi Poa

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel  P_013. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel P_013. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Toka Rarangi AWMM
    • Tokararangi Public - Tokararangi Erin Poa - Direct descendant - 23 August 2016 - NZ Military Forces - Registration form for Active Service.
      I am also named after my grandfather and our name comes from his birth place - Tokararangi, on the East Coast of New Zealand
  • Surname
    Poa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Toka Public - Tokararangi Erin Poa - Direct descendant - 23 August 2016 - I am named after my grandfather and also called Toka
  • Service number
    39197 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Tokararangi Erin Poa - Direct descendant - 23 August 2016 - NZ Military Forces - Attestation for Service form

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 October 1915 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    2nd October 1915 Public - Tokararangi Erin Poa - Direct descendant - 23 August 2016 - NZ Military form for Active Service
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Te Whakaotinga (Oti) Poa and Kararaina Poa Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/tokararangi-poa
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Matarau Station, Hicks Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H. Poa (wife), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • Husband of Mariata Poa, of Tikitiki Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/tokararangi-poa

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39197 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Grandad worked as a station hand for Mr C.R.E Wood at Mataraua Station in Hicks Bay, New Zealand Public - Tokararangi Erin Poa - Direct descendant - 23 August 2016 - NZ Military Forces - Registration form for Active Service
  • Age on enlistment
    24 Public - Tokararangi Erin Poa - Direct descendant - 23 August 2016 - NZ Military Forces - Registration form for Active Service - date of birth - Oct 2nd 1915

Embarkations

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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
    • Shot in head on 42nd street, Crete Public - Tokararangi Erin Poa - Direct descendant - 23 August 2016 - 28maoribattalion/.or.nz/mi/memory/harry-mackey-carefree-shepard-O-C-CCOY

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Toka Poa was the son of Oti Poa and Kararaina Poa; husband of Mariata Poa, of Tikitiki, New Zealand. AWMM
    • I am Tokararangi Poa's grand daughter. His wife's name was Hariata, not Mariata. Tokararangi had two sons, Mike (may be Michael) and my father Te Whakaotinga Poa Public - Roma - Other Relative - 8 April 2015 - Information from my life experience... we actually called nana, nana Harriet, whose maiden name is Farr.
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    CreteGreece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. A. 11. 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
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne 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 150 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
30 July 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
30 April 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
23 August 2016Tokararangi Erin PoaMelbourne, AustraliaDirect descendant
08 April 2015RomaNew ZealandOther Relative

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