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70 years ago this month

May 1942 the Battalion is still at Arsal in the Syrian foothills undertaking exercises and manoeuvres. Major Tiwi Love becomes the first Māori commander of the unit. Read the war diary for May 1942 here

Featured soldier

Edward Clayton Pohio

Jules Vern Parkinson

Serial No:

67603

Surname:

Parkinson

Forename(s):

Jules Vern

Also known as:

Jerome Parkinson, Maiki Parkinson, Mike Parkinson

Next of kin on enlistment:

Mr M. Mauherere (uncle), Cape Runaway, New Zealand

Rank:

Private

Address on enlistment:

Cape Runaway, New Zealand

Date of death:

10-Dec-06

Place of death:

Opotiki, East Coast, New Zealand

Notes:

Maiki's brother Harry Jerome Parkinson also served with the 28 Maori Battalion.

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Immortilized in print

btom commented:
Sat, 08 August 2009 - 12:14pm

There is good coverage of Maiki's war service in the book "Together we stand" by James Holland that covers the last year of the war in North Africa. I suggest anyone interested in the 28th should read it as Maiki does them credit - brutal in battle, humanitarian in victory.

this is my uncle

Honee Parkie commented:
Sat, 30 October 2010 - 11:08pm

This my uncle Mike Parkinson. My dad's brother. There was a mix up, my dad's papers turned up first so Uncle Mike took them & enrolled under dad's name. So my dad had to change his name to enroll. I think my uncle was too young at the time