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70 years ago this month

For most of June the Battalion are at Arce, north-west of Cassino. CO Lt-Col Young is keeping them occupied and out of mischief. The American’s have occupied Rome. Read the war diary for June 1944 here.

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Pakira Walters Eriha

Serial No: 
39009
Surname: 
Eriha
Forename(s): 
Pakira Walters
Next of kin on enlistment: 
Mrs E. Walters (mother), Te Kao, New Zealand
Rank: 
Private
Address on enlistment: 
Care of D. Finlayson, Private Bag, Otorohanga, New Zealand
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My Grandfather

Submitted by MaJay on Fri, 07/08/2009 - 10:41

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There is memories of this solider, held in the hearts of his whānau. He was a great man to us, a solider of New Zealand and will always be in our memories! Love you always Pa...... x x x x x
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My Grandfather

Submitted by AZ on Sun, 09/08/2009 - 20:32

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This man not only served our country but served his faith when he returned from war. For me he will always be in my heart and in my memories for all the loving things he said and did. My fondest memory was helping my grandfather on saturday mornings preparing the church for sunday service at Holy Sep in Newmarket, Auckland. My older brother and i would help our grandfather then sit down on the front steps of this huge church and have KFC for lunch. Pa you will always be in our hearts , Love you always Aaron xxxxx.
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My Dad

Submitted by iwahokimate on Tue, 20/04/2010 - 15:32

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My name is Iwa Hokimate Williams (nee Kapa). Pakira Eriha was my step dad.To me he was my DAD in every sense of the word. He and my mother Ihapera Eriha (nee Kapa) married when I was 8 years old and right up to the day he died he always treated me with an abundance of kindness, love and respect. I loved him, and miss him dearly. I married James Michael Pakinga Williams and we have 4 children, Colin, Aaron, MALEME, and Lyall. Yes, I have highlighted our daughters’ name, as she was named by him. When my grandmother told him and my mother I was going to give birth to a girl, he caught a taxi from Mt Wellington to the North Shore where we lived, kept the taxi waiting, came inside the house and said "I have just been speaking to Mama and she tells me you are having a girl, CAN I NAME HER"?. I asked him what name he would like. He said "Alamein". I turned to him and said "But you never served in “Alamein”, he said "I know, but I like the name". I said "Yes, OK Dad, I like it too", and off he went back home on his waiting taxi. When our daughter was born he came to the hospital (on a taxi), he comes over to me, gives me a kiss, and says "Where is she"??. I said "I'm fine, thanks for asking". He says "Sorry, kei hia toku mokopuna”, and off he went to harass the nurses. We (Mum, Jim, our 2 little boys and I) followed him as he banged on the nursery window, demanding to see his MOKOPUNA – the good looking one. As the nurses pushed her bassinet over to the window he whispers –KIA ORA MALEME.
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