Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Tauranga Akuhata

Rank Last Held

Private

Forename(s)

Tauranga

Surname

Akuhata

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

811668

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Farm hand

Next of Kin

Mrs M. Akuhata (mother), Torere, New Zealand

Marital Status

Single

Enlistment Address

Torere, New Zealand

Military District

Whakatane

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 12th Reinforcements

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 14

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 3

Last Unit Served

28 (Maori) Battalion

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. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944)
Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.