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70 years ago this month

February 1942 was spent re-equipping and training, the Battalion regaining its vitality. Read the war diary for February 1942 here

Corporal George P WHAREHINGA 802300

Photo taken 6 March 2010, Manukau Memorial Gardens, Auckland, New Zealand

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©Sarndra Lees 2010

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Did he ever have a brother

Did he ever have a brother or a relative by the name of WALLACE WHAREHINGA who went to the WWII from Motiti Island

I'm sorry...i can't help you

I'm sorry...i can't help you with that one but someone else might :-)

 I notice there is no Wallace Wharehinga on Cenotaph database but there are a couple of other Wharehinga's that were also in the 28th.  Maybe Wallace was a petname? 

http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/SearchResults.aspx?Page=1&SearchID=8063348

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Wallace Wharehinga

Undecided George's Widow - Kiri Wharehinga lives in Otara, Auckland. Send me an e-mail and I will pass it on to her, via her daughter who works with me.

Wallace Wharehinga was

Wallace Wharehinga was Warihi Tauhore Wharehinga. He was in J Force Uncle George said that the returning photo of 28th in Gisborne has both of them in it as dad and him celebrated Georges return together. Uncle George said thaty Dad was on his way overseas. Dad left from Tikitiki.