Ehai John Ropata

Born b. 1907

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 February 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ehal-john-ropata
- Died 26 Oct 1942

Service number
1917 AWMM
Also known as
Ehal John & Ngahaere Ehae John ROPATA
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 February 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ehal-john-ropata & NZ BDM Birth Records (re: birth of his son, Michael)
Armed force / branch
Army AWMM
Last rank
Second Lieutenant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM
War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Ehai John Ropata
Group of 28 Maori Battalion Officers at dinner, Hotel St George, Beirut, 1930 hours, 5 June 1942. From left to right: Colonel Edward Te Whiti Love, Rev. Captain Takimoana Kahi Harawira, Lieutenant Paikea Henare Toka, Captain Robert Cecil Shaw-Thompson, Captain Kereti Pau Mariu, Lieutenant Henry Colton Arundel Lambert, Mr Charles Basil Bennet, Lieutenant William Vercoe, WO1 Allan Campbell Wood, DCM, Lieutenant George Tuoro Marsden, John Richard Ormsby, Second Lieutenant Ian Graeme Howden, Major Sydney Freyberg Jackson, Captain Waipaina Matehe Awarau, Major James Clendon Tau Henare, CBE, Lieutenant Hupa Hamiora, Captain James Tuhiwai, mid, Lieutenant Kuru Waaka, Lieutenant Edward Morgan, Lieutenant Colonel Arapeta Awatere, Captain James Matahere, Second Lieutenant John College Reedy, Duncan McCrae, Lieutenant Dr Ronald Alexander MacDonald, Colonel W.W.Johnston, Ben Porter, CSM Rangi France Logan, Second Lieutenant Ehai John Ropata, Jumbo Joseph, Second Lieutenant Kingi Areta Keiha, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Baker DSO. - This image may be subject to copyright

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