Whakaruku Tangira

Surname
Tangira
Forename(s)
Whakaruku

World War 2

Serial No
67675
Rank
Private
Address on enlistment
Te Kaha, New Zealand
Next of kin
Miss H. Tangira (daughter), Te Kaha, New Zealand
Notes

First name originally listed as 'Whakaruru' - 'Whakaruku' confirmed by family and Nga Tama Toa

His brother, Haki Tangira, and two nephews, Tutu Duncan Tangira and Haki's son Pipi Te Hei who served in the Battalion (Monty Soutar, Ngā Tama Toa - The Price of Citizenship: C Company 28 (Māori) Battalion 1939-1945, David Bateman, Auckland, 2008: 336).

 

Comments (1)

Kiaora, ki taku mohio, ko Wakaruku kē te ingoa o tēnei tangata. He tuākana teina rāua ko Haki Tāngira, nā ko Duncan tā rāua irāmutu.