John Kahaki Reid

Forenames

John Kahaki AWMM

Surname

Reid AWMM

Also known as

Sulo Reid AWMM

Service number

67453 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1918

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Place of birth

East Coast, Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of John and Heni Reid, of Rangitukia

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Rangitukia, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs H. Reid (mother), Rangitukia, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

67453 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Also names as Sulo Reid in Soutar (2008) AWMM

Death

24 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. F. 21 AWMM

Obituary

TIKITIKi N.C.O’S DEATH (P.A.) WELLINGTON, March 7,
A Tikitiki N.C.O. who had died of wounds was named in the latest Second New Zealand Expeditionary. Force casualty list. He was:— Reid, T/L/Cpl. John Kahaki. Mother: Mrs. H. Reid, Tikitiki.

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GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21347, 7 MARCH 1944, PAGE 4

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/2609984
  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. (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 176
• 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)