Private

Bridger Wharepapa

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Pirita Wharepapa and Ngarorikaro Wharepapa, of Tauranga, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Matarere Wharepapa, of Tauranga.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
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Personal Tributes:

Thomas Bridger Wharepapa, loved son, brother, uncle and granduncle/great granduncle always remembered and never forgotten.
You are and always will be remembered Great-uncle Thomas. Forever grateful. Love from your many Whanau in Aotearoa, Auckland, Tauranga, Omaio and Australia. R.I.P ❤
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Casualty

Service Number: 
802483
Name:
Bridger Wharepapa
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M. Wharepapa (wife), Matapihi, Tauranga, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Matapihi, Tauranga, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Labourer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 28 (Maori) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
13 December 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
21 July 1943
Vessel:
Nieuw Amsterdam
Destination:
Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XII. D. 3.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Bridger Wharepapa
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