Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Tamure Akurangi

Forename(s)

Tamure

Surname

Akurangi

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

801876

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Mill hand

Next of Kin

Mr J. Ngapuhi (father), Te Whaiti, New Zealand

Marital Status

Widowed

Enlistment Address

Care of Wilson's Timber Mill, Te Whaiti, New Zealand

Military District

Rotorua

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Embarkation Date

21 July 1943

Place of Embarkation

Wellington, New Zealand

Vessel

Nieuw Amsterdam

Destination

Egypt

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 12

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 4

Further References

28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
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. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943)