Auckland War Memorial Museum - Puha-Wiremu-World-War-II,-1939-1945

Full Name

Wiremu Puha

Forename(s)

Wiremu

Surname

Puha

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

67448

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Labourer

Next of Kin

Mrs M. Stewart (adoptive mother), Hicks Bay, New Zealand

Marital Status

Single

Enlistment Address

Hicks Bay, New Zealand

Military District

Ruatoria

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 5

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 172

Further References

28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz
Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html

Sources Used

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941.) Wellington: Blundell Bros. Ltd.,Printers. 1942
Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.