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Full Name
Kepa Naera
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Kepa
Surname
Naera
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
808548
Waka
Takitimu
Iwi
Ngati Kahungunu
Hapu
Ngai Te Kikiri o te rangi
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Labourer
Next of Kin
Mrs V.R. Naera (wife), Naumai, Gladstone, New Zealand
Marital Status
Married
Enlistment Address
PO Box 60, Gladstone, New Zealand
Military District
Gisborne
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 141
Campaigns
Italy
Last Unit Served
28 (Maori) Battalion
Place of Death
Italy
Date of Death
24 July 1944
Age at Death
23
Year of Death
1944
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Florence War Cemetery, Italy
Grave Reference
VII. F. 12.
Biographical Notes
Kepa Naera was the son of Te Weringa Naera and Te Kaihou Manihera Naera, of Takapau; husband of Vivienne Rauhina Naera (nee Stewart), of Carterton.
Description of Image
  • Portrait from The Weekly News; 6 September 1944
  • Whanau, left to right, Arthur Kereopa Snee and Susan Te Kaihou Snee, Marau Russell beside Te Kaihou's brother's grave, Florence War Cemetery, taken 27 September 2000 when the 28 Maori Battalion, D Compnay toured Italy (photograph from Arthur Snee)
  • Gravestone, Florence War Cemetery, taken 27 September 2000 (photograph from Arthur Snee)
Further References
Sources Used
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943)
  • The Weekly News 1944