Captain

James Tuhiwai

MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Tamati Tuhiwai and of Mereana Tuhiwai (nee Thatcher), of Tolago Bay, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
6138
Name:
James Tuhiwai
Rank: 
Captain
Date of Birth:
19 February 1910
Place of Birth: 
Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mr T. Tuhiwai (father), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Shop-assistant
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 28 (Maori) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
28 June 1942
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
VIII. G. 10.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
James Tuhiwai
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