Corporal

Wiremu Rangi Akuira

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Akuira Te Rangi and Ngahei Te Rangi, of Rangiotu, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Hera Akuira, of Linwood, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
16248
Name:
Wiremu Rangi Akuira
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs H Akuira (wife), Tuahiwi Road,Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Tuahiwi Road, Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Electric linesman
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 20 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of sickness whilst a Prisoner of War
Date of Death:
31 May 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
39
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. E. 2.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Wiremu Rangi Akuira
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