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Ngā takupu hou

John William Pene

Serial No: 
39721
Surname: 
Pene
Forename(s): 
John William
Next of kin on enlistment: 
Miss Ida Pene (sister), Whakarewarewa, New Zealand
Rank: 
Private
Address on enlistment: 
Wairapakau, New Zealand

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Tāpirihia ōu kōrero, whakaahua, oro, me ētahi atu

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i believe this to be a great

i believe this to be a great grand father of mine and was always told by my grandmother and mother that he was one of the youngest members of the Māori Battalion. Can anyone confirm this?

J.P was great to his whanau

Dad strived to be a good dad, he was a humble man who was gifted with some great talents. When I was young dad brougt home some phtoto he was a sargent in the Army at time he was walking on a wire rope and doing gymnastics, he was good with race horses,kai mahi trout from Tarawera and maketu mussels. He went to the 2nd world war at the age of fourteen, died at the age 59.Kia Kaha dad.