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Full Name
Wi Patene Anaru
Rank Last Held
Major
Forename(s)
Wi Patene
Surname
Anaru
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
5550
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
27 February 1905
First Known Rank
  • Sergeant
  • Captain
Occupation before Enlistment
  • Civil servant
  • Civil servant
Next of Kin
  • Mr Tiweka Anaru (father), Rotorua, New Zealand
  • Mr Tiweka Anaru (father), Rotorua, New Zealand
Marital Status
  • Single
  • Single
Enlistment Address
  • Native Department, Rotorua, New Zealand
  • Native Department, Rotorua, New Zealand
Military District
Rotorua
Body on Embarkation
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 2nd Echelon
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Unit
  • 28 (Maori) Battalion
  • 28 (Maori) Battalion
Nominal Roll Number
  • WW2 2
  • WW2 16
Page on Nominal Roll
  • WW2 7
  • WW2 4
Last Unit Served
28 (Maori) Battalion
Description of Image
Group Photograph: (Left-Right) 5550 WI Patene Anaru, 6105 Walter Downs Piiti Wordley, 5482 Jerry (Gerry?) Smith, 39784 Moana Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu VC.
Further References
Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
Additional Information
Described as embarking with Main Body in Soutar (2008) and 2nd Echelon on Nominal Roll
Sources Used
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1941) Wellington: E.V. Paul, Government Printer. 1941
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948)
  • 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
  • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.