| Hapu |
| Ngai Te Kikiri o te rangi |
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| Occupation before Enlistment |
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| Next of Kin |
| Mrs V.R. Naera (wife), Naumai, Gladstone, New Zealand |
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| Enlistment Address |
| PO Box 60, Gladstone, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation |
| Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) |
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| Cemetery Name |
| Florence War Cemetery, Italy |
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| 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. |
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| 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)
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| 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
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