Harry Rakena

Forenames

Harry AWMM

Surname

Rakena AWMM

Also known as

• A. Rakena AWMM
• Rakina AWMM

Service number

802702 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mangamuka, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Miss L. Rakena (sister), Kohukohu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

802702 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Carpenter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Listed in the Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 as Harry Rakina. Listed as A. Rakena on the Hokianga Memorial AWMM

Death

7 Dec 1943 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM V. B. 37 AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

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/2376058
  Sources Used

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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 159