Dear Great, Great Grandfather Tomati My name is Johannes Seleni Tale Anae son of Ioane Anae, and Ilatagaloa Tamauka. I am the second brother of three brothers and the youngest sister. I am here at the Auckland Museum 25th April 2015 with Uncle Michael, Aunty Ofaligi and Nana. Until now I was never informed we had any relatives in the wars. So to this, on behalf of my mother, brother and sister, would like to express my utmost gratitude and love for your ultimate sacrifice for our family and this country. You truly are an inspiration for myself and our family. What you must have gone through at the time, I cannot imagine. So I take it upon myself to ensure that my brothers and sister, and future children to be well educated on the sacrifices our family as well as the rest of this country has made. May you rest in peace my beloved Great, Great Grandfather Tomati, and always know that yo

thank you Great Great granpa for standing up for freedom with our NZ, Maori, Australian, Pacific brothers in the war..we will always remember your heart for freedom...all your great great granchildren are so very proud to know you were part of the stand for freedom..God bless you & all the soldiers from Niue, Pacific, NZ , Australia & Maori battalion for their brave stand for freedom..Love you all xoxoxoxox

THank you Great granpa for standing up for freedom with the NZ Army when you joined the Maori Battalion..we will never forget your stand for freedom & we choose to stand for freedom in all areas of our lives as best we can..Thank you God for looking after our Great Granpa Tomati & Talauta in the war and bringing them back to us so that we can have freedom in NZ..Thank you For being a freedom fighter in the NZ Army..we always need freedom fighters everywhere in the world because there is always people needing to be freed somewhere in the world..God bless you and all our Niue, Pacific, NZ, Maori & Australian Soldiers in the war that stood for freedom..we will never forget them all Amen xoxoxox