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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Rihari Haimona |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Rihari |
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| Surname: |
Haimona |
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| Also Known As: |
- Rihari Haimona Symons
- Hare
- Charlie Symons
- Charlie
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| War: |
World War II, 1939-1945 |
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| Serial No.: |
68242 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Farm Hand |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mr R. Haimona (father), Pawarenga, North Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Pawarenga, North Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Kaitaia |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Infantry Reinforcements |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
WW2 9 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
WW2 164 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company |
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| Place of Death: |
New Zealand |
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| Date of Death: |
3 January 1995 |
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| Age at Death: |
78 |
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| Year of Death: |
1995 |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Wellsford Cemetery, 80 School Road, Wellsford, New Zealand |
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| Grave Reference: |
RSA Burial. Block 1 Row A Plot 22 Seq 1 |
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| Cemetery Register No: |
472 |
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| Obituary: |
Poroporoaki: Te Maori News, January 1995 : v.4 n.1 p. 8 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of Himona and Makarena Paraihe (Papawarenga).
- Husband of Takutai (Tai) Dorothy Symons (-1997).
- Lay at Ortawharo Marae.
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| Description of Image: |
Headstone, Wellsford Cemetery (Photo John Halpin, 2011) |
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| Additional Information: |
- Rihari Haimona listed in the Nominal Roll
- Rihari Haimona (Charlie Symons) is listed as Archives New Zealand for Serviceman's Rehabilitation files (1960-1979) and used by Te Maori (1995)
- The name Hare is provided by whanau on 28 Maori Battalion website (April, 2010)
- Symons, Rihari Haimona is recorded on the Rodney cemetery record
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