Waka Porter

Title

Private

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 January 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/waka-porter

Forenames

Waka AWMM

Surname

Porter AWMM

Also known as

Waka POATA

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 January 2016 - Tokomaru Bay Memorials

Service number

WWII 67599 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1918 Public Source

Date of birth

1918

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 January 2016 - Estimated

Place of birth

East Coast NZ

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 January 2016 - Probable

Address before enlistment

WW2 Hautanoa, Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW2 Mr A. Porter (brother), Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM
• Son of Tame Poata http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C126049
  Grandson of Thomas Porter: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33782
  Public - Prue - Other relative - 11 May 2019 - Whanau records

Relationship status

Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 67599 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW2 Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Death

26 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. F. 2. AWMM

Obituary

PORTER.—In loving memory of our dear brother, Pte. W. Porter, No. 67599, of Opotiki, killed in action, March 20, 1943.
To-day is a day of remembrance,
A day of sad regrets.
A day we will always remember
When the rest of the world forgets.
—Inserted by his brother, sister-in-law, Mary, Tom and family.
PORTER.— Private Waka. killed in action, March 26, 1943. His duty nobly done.
—Ever remembered by his brother. Gundy, sister-in-law, Eva, niece and nephew, Waihi.
PORTER.— In loving memory of our dear Waka, killed in action on March 26, 1943.
One grave far away in Tunisia,
Where our dear brother is sleeping the sleep of the brave.
He bade no one a last farewell.
He said good-bye to none;
The heavenly gates just opened wide
And a Gentle Voice said. "Come."
His duty nobly done.
—Remembered always by Edith, Dick and family, Omarumutu.
PORTER, — In loving memory of Pte. W. Porter, killed in action. March 26, 1943.
We think of you, dear Waka,
As we thought of you in the past;
You are always in our memory
As we saw you last.
— Inserted by Nancy, Sam and family. Opotiki

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 July 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR - IN MEMORIAM
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 81, ISSUE 24852, 25 MARCH 1944, 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

Related Serviceperson

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• 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
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2183285
  Sources Used

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 5: WW2 171
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.