Tai Rangi

Forenames

Tai AWMM

Surname

Rangi AWMM

Service number

39179 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1909 Public Source

Date of birth

1909

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 February 2016 - estimated from age at death

Place of birth

Tikitiki

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 February 2016 - estimated

Birth notes

Son of Putu Rangi and of Meri Rangi, of Tikitiki

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 February 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/tai-rangi

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tikitiki, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Rangi (wife), Tikitiki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• husband of Mihi Rangi.
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 February 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/tai-rangi

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39179 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion 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 AWMM

Tai Rangi was the son of Putu Rangi and of Meri Rangi, of Tikitiki, New Zealand; husband of Mihi Rangi. AWMM

Death

21 May 1941 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

• Killed on Active Service AWMM
• Killed in Action
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 February 2016 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/photo/tai-rangi

Cemetery name

Phaleron War Cemetery

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 February 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/tai-rangi

Memorial name

Tikitiki Church War Memorial (WWII section)
Gisborne's War Memorial

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 February 2016 - Research

Memorial name

• Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM
• 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
• 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/2629548
  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. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 154
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.