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My name is James Onekawa. I am married and have 3 children. We live in Australia. My father Claude Te Marangai (Claude Onekawa) was in the 28th Maori Battalion C Company as pictured in the photo. I have just found this website and the photo of my father and would like to be apart of this group. If anyone knows my father and would like to share stories or photos, or anything related to him, you can please email me. It would be much appreciate! My father passed away in 1991 aged 52 from a heart attack. We buried my father in Newstead, Hamilton New Zealand- return service men's cemetry. My family and I are interested in getting his medals and photos from being in the Maori Battalion. Is there a way we can get replicas of these? Any information will help because we would like our children to see and learn what their grandfather did for his country! We are very proud of my father and his involvement in the Maori Battalion. Thanks James.