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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

William Ioata

Serial No:

621734

Surname:

Ioata

Forename(s):

William

Next of kin on enlistment:

Mr C. Tulipo (brother), 24 Pirie Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Rank:

Private

Address on enlistment:

71 Tasman Street, Wellington, New Zealand

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My Father

Paul Ioata commented:
Thu, 29 October 2009 - 01:16pm

I am proud that my father had served with the 28th Maori Battallion during world warII, I could never imagine what it must have been like for him to have fought in that war in a land so far away,he just wasn't the same man when he came home, but I truely believe now that My Father is at Peace.You will always be my father I never got to know and love but I will never forget you my father "e kore taku papa he warewarengia"