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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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  • Harry Putangaroa Taituha
Home > Te Matau o te Rangi Tomoana

Te Matau o te Rangi Tomoana

Serial No: 
40459
Surname: 
Tomoana
Forename(s): 
Te Matau o te Rangi Rongoiti
Also known as: 
Boy Tomoana
Next of kin on enlistment: 
Mr P.H. Tomoana (father), Waipatu, Hastings, New Zealand
Rank: 
Captain
Address on enlistment: 
24 Mat Street, Wellington, New Zealand
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Notes: 

Boy served with D Company, 5th Reinforcements.  His brother Tamaturanga Te Rakai a Hawea Tomoana served as Flight Sergeant with the RAF.

Gender                       Male
Born                          16 May 1919
Occupation                 Porter
Marital Status             Single
Recruitment Locality   Wellington
Last Unit Served          28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company
Biographical Notes       Son of Paraire Henare and Kuini Ripeka Tomoana of Hastings.
Additional Information Listed as Te Matau-o-Te Rangi Rangoiti Tomoana on the Nominal Roll
ArchNZ Personnel File  

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Name correction

Submitted by waiora on Fri, 24/04/2015 - 21:44

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Te Matau o Te Rangi RONGOITI Tomoana, please note the name is RONGOITI not RANGOITI
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Ranking

Submitted by waiora on Fri, 24/04/2015 - 21:45

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At the end of the war he was a CAPTAIN
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