Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Waikura Herewini

Forename(s)

Waikura

Surname

Herewini

Also Known As

Rusty

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

62667

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Unemployed

Next of Kin

Mrs P. Marito (mother), Te Kaha, Opotiki, New Zealand

Marital Status

Single

Enlistment Address

Te Kaha, via Opotiki, New Zealand

Military District

Whakatane

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 10th Reinforcements

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 4

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 159

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

Additional Information

Aka record as Rusty ni Soutar (2008)

Sources Used

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941.) Wellington: Blundell Bros. Ltd.,Printers. 1941
Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.