Whakaruku Tangira

Ingoa whānau
Tangira
Ingoa tuatahi
Whakaruku

World War 2

Tau Rangatū
67675
Tūnga
Private
Wāhi noho
Te Kaha, New Zealand
Whanaunga tino tata i te wā o te kuhunga
Miss H. Tangira (daughter), Te Kaha, New Zealand
Ngā tuhinga

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).

 

Takupu (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.