Wi Patene Poki

Forenames

Wi Patene AWMM

Surname

Poki AWMM

Service number

WWII 39219 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1914 Public Source

Date of birth

1914

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 February 2016 - estimated from age at death

Birth notes

Son of Karaitiana and Wikitoria Poki, of Whangara, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 February 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wi-patene-poki

Address before enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Whangara, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mr Karaitiana Poki (father), Whangara, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 39219 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

• Wi Poki was the son of Karaitiana and Wikitoria Poki, of Whangara, New Zealand. AWMM
• Brother to Thomas Poki who also served in the Army 1939-1945. Service number 802142.
  Public - Taania - Direct descendant - 27 April 2017 - Family papers, geneology.

Death

23 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. D. 4. AWMM

Obituary

ROLL OF HONOUR.

Poki. — Private Wi Patene, killed in action November 23. 1941.
Engaro nei Koe mo Matou. ete Tau!”
Koro and Ngawiki Poki.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR. - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20682, 5 FEBRUARY 1942, PAGE 1

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne 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/2057895
  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 150
• 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)