28 Cairns to Curtis
Almost 3600 men served overseas with the Maori Battalion 1940-1945. Of those, 649 were killed or died of wounds while another 1,712 were wounded. Another 29 died as a result of service following discharge.
- read the INTRODUCTION to the 28th MAORI BATTALION
- every soldier of the 28th has further information and photos, where available, at the site: BATTALION ROLL
- many 28th Battalion soldiers used alternative names or were known by both Maori and English versions of their names; these are recorded where known - their address is where they were at time of enlistment
see also 28th MAORI BATTALION on Facebook
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CAIRNS to CURTIS
* indicates he died for his country
* NOK - next of kin
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CAIRNS, Fred John - Private 65487
- from Waimana
NOK: Mrs M. Cairns (wife), c/o Mrs King, Torere, Opotiki
CALLAGHAN[/b], James - Private 62660
- from Raukokore, Opotiki
CALLAGHAN[/b], Te Moana - Corporal 801909
- from Waihau Bay
CALLAGHAN[/b], William (aka Harawira Callaghan) - Private 815308
- from 41 Thorndon Quay, Wellington
CALLAGHAN[/b], John - Corporal 801908
- from c/o Mr J.G. Neilson, Otara Road, Opotiki
CAMERON[/b], John - Private 25825
- from Pukepoto, Kaitaia,
- CAMPBELL[/b], Stuart Alexander - Private 446853
- from Glendining Home, Andersons Bay, Dunedin - DIED Italy aged 22
CAMPBELL[/b], Eruera Kape - Private 801910
- from Te Araroa
CAMPBELL[/b], Rutene - Private 39766
- from Te Araroa
CAMPBELL[/b], John Sidney (aka Sydney) - Private 65274
- from Aorangi, Ruatoria
CAMPBELL[/b], Joseph Hemota - Private 39223
- from Aorangi
CAMPBELL[/b], Pani (aka Tom) - Corporal 67405
- from Aorangi, Ruatoria
CAMPBELL[/b], Hikurangi - Private 65273
- from Hick's Bay
CAMPBELL[/b], George Paihea - Private 67406
- from Ruakituri
CAMPBELL[/b], Tahaa - Private 811317
- from Omaio
CARKEEK[/b], Manukiao - Private 804674
- from c/o Mrs C. Fuller, Coley Street, Foxton
CARLSON[/b], William - Private 801911
- from Opotiki
CARR[/b], Dick - Private 801912
- from Puha
CARR[/b], Joseph - Second Lieutenant 46089
- from Anaura Station, Tolaga Bay
CARRINGTON[/b], Cooper - Private 817460
- from Manutuke
CARROLL[/b], Alfred Nelson - Private 39590
- from orth Clyde, Wairoa
CARROLL[/b], Kingi George Gallipoli - Private 817532
- from Wharerangi, Puketapu
CARROLL[/b], Alfred Taihoa - Trooper 817531
- from Wharerangi, Puketapu
CARROLL[/b], John Henry - Temporary Corporal 817587
- from c/o T. Robinson, Little River
CARROLL[/b], Richard John - Private 62576
- from North Clyde, Wairoa
CARROLL[/b], Joseph Francis - Private 39558
- from 505 Riverslea Road, Hastings
CARSON[/b], Henry - Private 25826
- from Hoe-o-tainui
CASH, Moses - Private 813382
- from Pokaka
- CASSIDY[/b], William Diamond - Private 62848
- from Takapuna - DIED in Yunisia 20-4-1943 aged 26
CASSIDY[/b], Tom - Private 62708
- from Parua Bay
CASSIDY[/b], Henry - Private 62709
- from Moerewa
- CASTLETON[/b], Robert Scott - Private 275359
- from Rotorua - KILLED IN ACTION in Italy Xmas Eve 1943 aged 24
CHADWICK[/b], John Te Kuru - Temporary Sergeant 817533
- from Hastings
- CHALCRAFT[/b], Leslie William - Private 802299
- from Gisborne - KILLED IN ACTION in Italy 24-7-1944 aged 21
CHAMBERS[/b], Charles - Private 39767
- from Te Araroa
CHASE[/b], Rangi - Private 62577
- from Kaitoke, Dannevirke
- CHESTERMAN[/b], Earle Richard - Major 11805
- from Nelson College - KILLED IN ACTION Western Desert aged 27
- born in Masterton. Mentioned in Despatches
CHRISTIAN[/b], William (aka Bill Kiel) - Private 65433
- from Gisborne
CHRISTY[/b], Benjamin Goodard - Major 68371
- from Nuhaka
CHURCH[/b], Charles - Private 816356
- from Kakatahi
CLARK[/b], Thomas - Private 67667
- from Kakanoa Street, Huntly
CLARK[/b], Roy - Private 25827
- from Bethlehem, Tauranga
CLARK[/b], William Matthew - Private 25828
- from 12 Harding Street, Auckland C. 1
CLARK[/b], William - Private 801563
- from Kaitaia
CLARK[/b], Teone - Private 815257
- from 62 Waiwhetu Road, Lower Hutt
CLARK[/b], Richard - Private 62869
- from Huntly
CLARKE, Murdock Spencer - Corporal 3226
- from Kamo, Whangarei
CLARKE[/b], Peter Tauatahi - Warrant Officer Class 2 62710
- from Ngawha, North Auckland
CLARKE[/b], Herbert - Private 39302
- from Ruawai
CLARKE[/b], Edward - Private 39501
- from Aratapu, Dargaville
CLARKE[/b], Samuel - Private 811774
- from Manoeka, TePuke
CLAY[/b], Martin Hood Archer - Lieutenant 5769
- from Mataura
COATES[/b], Miki Arama Karaka - Private 65468
- from Te Teko
COCKERY[/b], James - Private 62578
- from Hautanoa, Tokomaru Bay
COLE[/b], Herbert Francis - Temporary Corporal 811035
- from Tahuna
COLEMAN[/b], John Thomas - Private 67598
- from Hautanoa, Tokomaru Bay
- COLEMAN[/b], Dick - Private 811094
- from Lower Waiawa - DIED OF WOUNDS Italy 15-1-1945 aged 22
- COLEMAN[/b], Simon - Private 25829
- from Kaitaia - KILLED IN ACTION Tunisia 8-5-1943 aged 25
COLEMAN[/b], Nai - Private 801913
- from Hautanoa
COLLIER[/b], James Patrick - Private 25830
- from Tokomaru Bay
CONNOR[/b], Lance William - Private 67498
- from 144 King's Crescent, Lower Hutt
CONROY[/b], William James - Private 802777
- from Rangiuru, Te Puke
CONROY[/b], Francis Patrick - Private 65219
- from Rangaiuru via Te Puke
COOK[/b], Hohipuha Kareanui - Private 67480
- from Raukawa Street, Otaki
COOK[/b], Edmund - Private 65683
- from Apia, Samoa
COOK[/b], George - Private 39036
- from Manakau
COOK[/b], Alfonso Robert - Private 801309
- from c/o Mrs Strongman, 23A Pine Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland
COOK[/b], Burnett Neville - Private 39304
- from Kerikeri Inlet, Bay of Islands
COOPER[/b], William Hohepa - Private 65337
- from Kawakawa
COOPER[/b], Stanley - Lance Corporal 2814
- from c/o Ellis and Burnand, Mangapehi
COOPER[/b], Walter James - Corporal 6099
- from Kaingaroa
COPE[/b], Henare - Private 39300
- from Taheke Hokianga
COPE, Mathew Iti - Private 62712
- from Taheke, Hokianga
CORBETT[/b], Wha - Private 813277
- from Manunui
- CORCORAN[/b], John - Private 39740
- from Auckland - DIED in Austria 13-5-1945 aged 27
COULSTON[/b], Reuben Edward (aka Ted) - Second Lieutenant 68373
- from Raukituri
- COURTNEY[/b], Walter Mark - Private 39707
- from Maketu, Te Puke - DIED Crete 23-5-1941 aged 23
COWELL[/b], Robert - Private 62849
- from Maioro, P.W.D., Waiuku
- COWELL[/b], William - Private 62850
- from Waiuku - KILLED IN ACTION Western Desert 5-7-1942 aged 23
CRAPP[/b], Lawson Tunoa - Sergeant 67555
- from Toroa Street, Whakatane
CRAWFORD[/b], Jury (aka Digger) - Private 801915
- from Tolaga Bay,
CRAWORD[/b], Karu (aka Fred) - Private 39208
- from Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay
CRAWFORD[/b], Tui - Private 65275
- from Te Araroa
CRAWFORD, Ngaopa Hoia Terau Ririwa (aka Nga Ope, aka Soldier Crawford) - Private 811038
- from Waihau Bay
Enlisted from Opotiki. Died 25 May 1980 in Porirua
CREWTHER[/b], Edward James - Private 65138
- from 35 Cliff Road, St. Heliers, Auckland
CRIBB[/b], Kiwi - Private 62561
- from Awahuri
CROSS, Thomas Gladstone - Private 804718
- from 142 Nith Street, Invercargill
CROSS, William Charles Francis 'Bill' - Private 445422
- from 142 Nith Street, Invercargill
* Thomas Gladstone Cross (1921-1985) & William Charles Francis Cross (1923-2000) were brothers. Sons of Thomas Henry Louis 'Jombo' Cross (1894-1961) & Ann Gutsell (1895-1960) of Invercargill.
CROWN[/b], Toi - Private 39708
- from Thames
CULLEN[/b], Ralph - Lance Corporal 801916
- from 45 Wellington Street, Auckland
CUNNINGHAM[/b], John - Private 65276
- from Puha
CUNNINGHAM[/b], Joseph - Private 817725
- from Whakatu, Hastings
CUNNINGHAM[/b], Koro - Private 817736
- from Bridge Pah, Hastings
CURRAN, Frank Kitchener - Corporal 39699
- from Station Road, Waverley, Taranaki
NOK: Mary Ann Curran (Mother), 53 McPhee Street, Dannevirke.
Born as Francis Curran to William Michael Curran (1880-1947) & Mary Ann Ryan. Served as Frank Curran. He was a Corporal in the cookery wing. Died in Wellington 19 June 1953 as Francis Curran, aged 37. Family has his name as Frank Kitchener Curran.
* CURRY, John - Private 39732 more details
- from Arohena, Waikato - DIED Crete 23-5-1941 aged 23. Buried Sida Bay War Cemetery, Crete
NOK: Harold & Elizabeth 'Betty' (nee Muriwai), Kohukohu, Hokianga
CURTIS [/b], James Hurinuku - Private 39709
- from Rotorua
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