Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Private Jerry Kereti Wawatai

Rank Last Held

Private

Forename(s)

Jerry Kereti

Surname

Wawatai

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

802296

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Labourer

Next of Kin

Mrs R. Wawatai (mother), Waihirere, Gisborne, New Zealand

Marital Status

Single

Enlistment Address

Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand

Military District

Gisborne

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 104

Last Unit Served

28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company

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

Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.