Peter Tauatahi Clarke

Forenames

Peter Tauatahi AWMM

Surname

Clarke AWMM

Also known as

Tauatahi AWMM

Service number

62710 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

B. 1915

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Place of birth

Ngawha, Far Northland

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Birth notes

Son of Tane Wirimu KARAKA (Clarke)

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ngawha, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr T. Clarke (father), Ngawha, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
• Single
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

62710 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Age on enlistment

24

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Embarkation details

WW2 Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Last rank

Warrant Officer Class 2 AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Possibly aged 59 years at death

Listed as Peter Clarke in the Nominal Rolls AWMM

Death

3 Nov 1974 AWMM

Date of death

2nd December 1974

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Age at death

59yrs

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Place of death

Ngawha, Far Northland

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Cemetery

St Michael’s (Anglican) Church, also known as Ohaeawai Maori Church, Ngawha, Northland, New Zealand AWMM

Grave reference

Row 27 - Plot 226

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Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/peter-tauatahi-clarke
  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

References

• 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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 68
• HMNZT Giessen. (1919). The ventilator: H.M.N.Z.T. “Giessen”, August 1919 (C. G. E. Harker, Ed.; H. S. B. Ribbands & E. H. Greenhow, Sub-eds.). 1NZEF. Ferguson and Osborn Ltd.