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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

Featured soldier

Whiti Mane

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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i believe this to be a great

Toni McMahon commented:
Thu, 04 March 2010 - 02:49pm

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

matemoana commented:
Mon, 28 March 2011 - 07:17pm

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.