Private 807383 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Wounded, Italy 1944 Early life Harry Navau Apes grew up at Glenavy, near the mouth of the Waitaki River, where his grandmother, Mrs H. Wesley, was his next of kin. He was single and working as a grocery assistant. Harry was also a cricketer, and in…
Private 39584 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Killed in action, Crete, 23 May 1941 Early life Nirai Nepe Apatu was born in 1911 at Takapau, in Central Hawke’s Bay, the son of Hori Reremoana Nepe-Apatu and Pae Te Popo Winiata. He was single and working as a labourer, and his aunt, Mrs Ngaroma…
Private 817819 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Jayforce, Japan 1946–48 Early life Tui Korero Akurangi, known as Tu, was born in Gisborne on 21 November 1923, the son of Paraki Patutahi Akurangi and Ramari Ratapu. He grew up at Māhia, and when he enlisted he was working as a labourer, with his uncle,…
Corporal 39546 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Main Body, 1940 Early life Jack Albert, known in Māori as Tuhuna Erueti, was born in Wanganui on 21 March 1912, one of the youngest of four children of Erueti Te Rangirunga and Ngapera Matene. He was raised by Hakaraia Te Tiwha and grew up at…
Private 815272 · 28th (Māori) Battalion · Italy 1944–45 · Jayforce Early life Roland David Pahira Anaru, also known as Rorana Te Ewe Pahira Poua, came from Carterton in the Wairarapa. His father was Poua Pahira and his grandfather Pahira Anaru, and his mother, Mrs M. E. Anaru, lived in Pembroke Street, Carterton. He was…
Corporal 8830 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Second Echelon, 1940 Arthur is a different man from Sergeant Arthur Tukiri Anderson (67509) of Taumarunui, who also served in D Company. Early life Arthur Anderson (Aterea Anihana) was a Ngāti Maniapoto man from Te Aharoa, near Te Kūiti. His father, Mr W. Anderson, was his…
Sergeant 67509 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · 7th Reinforcements, 1941 Arthur Tukiri is a different man from Corporal Arthur Anderson (8830) of Te Kūiti, who also served in D Company. Early life Arthur Tukiri Anderson grew up at Tawata, on the Whanganui River near Taumarunui, where his father, Mr A. Anderson, lived. He…
Private 8745 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Second Echelon, 1940 Early life Morris (Maurice) Anderson was a Ngāti Maniapoto man from Troopers Road, Arapae, near Te Kūiti. His mother, Mrs W. Anderson of Ahuroa Road, Te Kūiti, was his next of kin, and he was single and working as a labourer. Corporal Arthur…
Private 68367 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Wounded, Italy 1943 Early life Hiko Andrew was born on 26 November 1919 and lived in the Waitai Valley, near Wairoa. His family say he enlisted at Wairoa while still under age. By the time he sailed he was married to Beulah, who lived in Hastings,…
Corporal 25804 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Wounded and invalided home Early life John Topi Anglem, known as Toby, was born in 1903 and grew up at Te Waipopo, near Arowhenua and Temuka, the son of Walter Te Maiharanui and Mereana Anglem. He was a well-known singer at Arowhenua. In 1926 he sang…