Eddie Waenga

Seven Sons Enlist To have seven sons enlist for service with the Maori Battalion is the fine record of the Waenga family, of Opotiki, states a local correspondent.  Two of the brothers enlisted for service at Gisborne and were passed as fit.  Four more were examined in Opotiki on Thursday, all passing the medical test.  The seventh brother who is married, arrived in Opotiki too late to be examined.  But he is also expected to pass as fit.  Should he be accepted for service the family will have the distinction of having seven sons in the main body of the Maori Battalion.'News of the Day - Seven Sons Enlist'. The Evening Post,  22 Jan 1940.  URL: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz