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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

Peno Te Haate

Serial No: 
68030
Surname: 
Te Haate
Forename(s): 
Peno
Next of kin on enlistment: 
Ms R. Te Haate, Te Mawhai, New Zealand
Rank: 
Private
Address on enlistment: 
Te Mawhai, New Zealand
Date of death: 
16-Dec-43
Place of death: 
Italy
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Letter home from Trentham 21-Sept 1942

Whanau Te Haate commented:
Fri, 19 February 2010 - 08:54pm

This letter was written by Peno Te Haate to his brother Te Waro (nickname Mo or Moses). Te Waro is my Koro.

Dear Mo Just to let you know wthat I am now in Trentham. I think we will be here for a fortnight and I am broke like the rest of the boys and I want you to go along to Smith and get me two pound that has got to last me till we get to where ever we are going to that will be Egypt. I hope you will send it before Saturday we might go away Monday or Wednesday but never mind send it along if we are gone they will be send it back. Tomorrow we got to make our will so I think I will will it to the kids and I been thinking of changeing my alottment to you. I think it is the best way so if any thing happens to me there wont be any Maori talk about my kids for I want you to be their god thafther you know what I mean I want them to say there not going from home to home. Well Mo this letter was written in a hurry I will write again tomorrow night and tell you all about our trip up here and what Trentham is like. So Mo this is all till tomorrow night. Arohanui ki a koutou katoa. Hoiano na Peno

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barbara commented:
Sun, 05 September 2010 - 09:58pm
Kia Ora Koro. I never got a chance to meet you but I have heard much about you. Reading the letter you wrote to your brother was very poignant. Especially having read it on Fathers Day. My Dad is unable to read it but I know he would be very touched by this letter. Including Aunty Ruby and Aunty Margaret. Arohanui Koro

Thank you for this letter.

barbara commented:
Sun, 05 September 2010 - 09:59pm
Thank you for this letter.  Arohanui Barbara Baucke (aka Te Haate) Oldest daughter of Peno Te Haate (Jnr).

He Mihi Aroha

Kat commented:
Tue, 21 September 2010 - 10:12pm
Kia Ora Whanau, Thank You for sharing this letter with us. My grandmother was Hine Fitzell. Throughout my Kuia's young life she looked on Koro Peno as her father, although he was her uncle. I remember a photo of him hanging in her lounge when I was a child and when she spoke of him, she spoke with alot of aroha. If she were alive, she would have cried of happiness and sadness reading his letter to his brother. He Mihi Aroha ki a te Whanau.

Hello koro I found a photo

arcangel_3 commented:
Mon, 25 April 2011 - 08:18pm
Hello koro I found a photo of you finally. Would have loved to have met you in person but hei aha. I am your proud grandson and son to Peno Heperea Te Haate and Puti Te Haate nee (Stirling). Our thanks, thoughts and aroha go out to you and your men whom fought valiantly, so that your tamariki, mokopuna, great mokopuna and great great mokopuna can enjoy the freedom we have today. Arohanui Koro. Peno Te Haate of Te Mawhai, maunga being kakepuku, awa being puniu. Lest we forget.
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