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Ned Pohatu

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Headstone, Forli Cemetery (photo Gabrielle Fortune 2008) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Headstone, Forli Cemetery (photo Gabrielle Fortune 2008) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ned AWMM
  • Surname
    Pohatu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    817557 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
    b. 1922 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ned-pohatu
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ned-pohatu
  • Birth notes
    Son of Mahurangi and Raiha Pohatu, of Muriwai, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ned-pohatu
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Muriwai, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R. Pohatu (mother), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 Feb 1944-31 March 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    817557 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 January 1945 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Pohatu. —Mr. and Mrs. Mita Pohatu and family, Manutuke, wish to sincerely- thank relatives and friends for their kindness and expressions of sympathy during their recent sad bereavement in the loss of their daughter Waka and nephew Ned (overseas), also for letters, telegrams and floral tributes. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgment. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 July 2023 - BEREAVEMENT NOTICES
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21626, 31 JANUARY 1945, PAGE 1
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  • 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
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 100 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

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30 July 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
18 December 2021Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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