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Wananga Matenga

Serial No: 
62574
Surname: 
Matenga
Forename(s): 
Wananga
Next of kin on enlistment: 
Mrs Skipper (sister), Cape Runaway, New Zealand
Rank: 
Private
Address on enlistment: 
Cape Runaway, New Zealand

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My Uncle Wananga was

My Uncle Wananga was seriously wounded in WW2. He was sent home and while recovering at Te Puia Springs hospital met my Aunty Polly (maiden name Te Awe Awe) who was a nurse at the hospital. Uncle Wananga and Aunty Polly married and lived at Rangiotu on their dairy farm. My brother and I stayed with them many times in our childhood days. Brig.