Lance Sergeant

Ngakete Tukaki

DCM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Te Tane Tukaki and Mehiwai Tukaki, of Te Kaha, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
65332
Name:
Ngakete Tukaki
Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Date of Birth:
09 April 1918
Place of Birth: 
Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mr T. Tukaki (father), Te Kaha, Opotiki, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Te Kaha, Opotiki, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Bushman
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 28 (Maori) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
31 May 1944
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
X. H. 17.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Ngakete Tukaki
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