Henry Atutahi

Portrait of Henry Atutahi
Imagined portrait. No photograph of Henry is known.

Private 813512 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Italy 1944–45

Early life

Henry Atutahi was from Te Kūiti. He was married, and his wife, Mrs R. Atutahi, could be reached through A. W. Joseph of Te Kūiti. He was working as a labourer when he enlisted.

War

Henry sailed in 1944 in the same draft as Jacob Awarangi, Don Barrett and the Bartletts, and he served with the battalion in Italy. His war medals are on the 2022 list of unclaimed medals for the 28th (Māori) Battalion, so his whānau are able to claim them.

Sources

Online Cenotaph C117752; NZDF list of unclaimed medals, 28th (Māori) Battalion (2022).

Are you whānau? If you can add to his story, correct anything here or share a photograph, please get in touch.

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