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70 years ago this month
The Battalion are back at Maadi camp resting and cleaning up after the arduous North African campaign. Read the war diary for June 1943 here
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Battalion Roll
Note this roll does not contain the names of those who were in other units but worked closely with the 28th Māori Battalion or those who served in the 15th Reinforcements or Jayforce. See a list of these people here. The names and other details given in this roll are those recorded on enlistment. Many 28th Battalion soldiers used alternative names or were known by both Māori and English versions of their names; these are recorded where known. Rank information is often first known rank. Please let us know if a soldier was known by an alternative name or was promoted to a higher rank by the end of the war.
| Surname | Forename(s) | Rank | Serial No | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack | Daniel | Private | 801312 | more details |
| Jackson | Everard Stanley | Lieutenant | 65534 | more details |
| Jackson | Sydney Freyberg | Major | 25892 | more details |
| Jacobs | Bunny | Private | 39078 | more details |
| James | Stanley | Private | 39695 | more details |
| James | Peter | Private | 801992 | more details |
| Jenkins | Joe Huta | Private | 25894 | more details |
| Jensen | John Sydney | Private | 67424 | more details |
| Job | Benjamin | Lance Corporal | 65502 | more details |
| Job | Hugh Ngawaka | Lieutenant | 611200 | more details |
| Joe | Denis | Private | 817539 | more details |
| Johnny | Henry Pango | Private | 810685 | more details |
| Johnson | William | Private | 25895 | more details |
| Johnson | Rangi Heketa | Private | 817737 | more details |
| Johnson | Jack | Private | 62733 | more details |
| Johnson | Ramiha | Private | 67425 | more details |
| Johnson | Willie | Private | 62886 | more details |
| Johnson | James Samuel | Lance Corporal | 62670 | more details |
| Johnson | Paki | Private | 65491 | more details |
| Johnson | Thomas Tinui | Private | 814501 | more details |
| Johnston | Herbert | Private | 65428 | more details |
| Johnston | William | Private | 65388 | more details |
| Jones | Ben | Private | 817618 | more details |
| Jones | Pare Keiha | Private | 801993 | more details |
| Jones | Motu | Private | 39215 | more details |
| Jones | Nepia | Private | 65284 | more details |
| Jones | Paratene | Private | 39592 | more details |
| Jones | Francis | Private | 25896 | more details |
| Jones | Macky | Private | 25897 | more details |
| Jones | Rawiri Tamanui | Private | 39189 | more details |
| Jones | Wilkie Te Hurinui | Private | 808564 | more details |
| Jones | Pakira Hami | Sergeant | 6089 | more details |
| Jones | Edward Brownie | Private | 817617 | more details |
| Jones | Dan | Private | 817690 | more details |
| Jones | Walter Edward | Second Lieutenant | 48440 | more details |
| Joseph | Ihaia | Private | 39357 | more details |
| Judah | Henry | Private | 25898 | more details |
| Jury | Dhu | Private | 801994 | more details |


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