Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Private Isaac Wawatai

Rank Last Held

Private

Forename(s)

Isaac

Surname

Wawatai

Also Known As

Issac

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

802297

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Carpenter

Next of Kin

Mrs H. Wawatai (mother), Tikitiki, New Zealand

Marital Status

Single

Enlistment Address

Waiomatatini, New Zealand

Military District

Gisborne

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 9th Reinforcements

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 11

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 135

Last Unit Served

28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company

Place of Death

Italy

Date of Death

6 January 1944

Age at Death

Year of Death

1944

Cause of Death

Died of wounds

Cemetery Name

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy

Grave Reference

XVI. A. 34.

Memorial Name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories

Biographical Notes

Isaac Wawatai was the son of Nehe and Hohi Wawatai, of Tikitiki, New Zealand.

Description of Image

Portrait, Weekly News

Further References

28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
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. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943)
Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.