Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Morgan Manu Waa

Rank Last Held

Private

Forename(s)

Morgan

Surname

Manu Waa

Also Known As

Manuwaa

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

25930

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Quarryman

Next of Kin

Mr Wiremu Manu Waa (father), Pipiwai, North Auckland, New Zealand

Marital Status

Single

Enlistment Address

Pipiwai, North Auckland, New Zealand

Military District

Whangarei

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 3rd Echelon

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 3

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 316

Last Unit Served

28 (Maori) Battalion

Place of Death

Western Desert

Date of Death

16 December 1941

Age at Death

Year of Death

1941

Memorial Name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories

Further References

28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/morgan-manu-waa
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

Name incorrectly written in the Nominal Roll; the Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945.MS 93/139; and consequently in the Hall of Memories (March 2010) .

Sources Used

Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941.) Wellington: E.V. Paul, Government Printer. 1941
28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/