Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Noel Kingi

Rank Last Held

Lance Corporal

Forename(s)

Noel

Surname

Kingi

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

65190

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Lance Corporal

Occupation before Enlistment

Storeman

Next of Kin

Mrs R. Kingi (mother), Okere Falls, Rotorua, New Zealand

Military District

Rotorua

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 4

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 193

Last Unit Served

28 (Maori) Battalion

Place of Death

Western Desert

Date of Death

5 July 1942

Age at Death

Year of Death

1942

Cemetery Name

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt

Grave Reference

VIII. J. 22.

Memorial Name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories

Biographical Notes

Son of Raiona Kingi and of Florence Kingi (nee Airey), of Okere Falls,

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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941)
Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org