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About Pte. Hughie Ngarino Tūtahi
Hughie Ngarino Tutahi was the son of Tomika Ngarino Tūtahi (1863-1959) and Ema Wharerau Brown Tūtahi (nee Paki) (c. 1869-1945) of Tauranga. He served with the 28th Māori Battalion, C Company during World War II (Service No. WWII 39731). Hughie was killed on active service.
BEREAVEMENT NOTICES. TUTAKI.—Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tutahi and family wish to sincerely thank friends, both Maori and pakeha, also relations, for their kind expressions of sympathy in their recent sad bereavement; also for letters, cards and floral emblems received. Source: New Zealand Herald (29 May 1942, p. 1).
RUGBY FOOTBALL. Advice having been received of the death of Hui Tutahi in the Middle East campaign, a motion of sympathy was carried in silence. Hui Tutahi was a member of the Rangataua Football Club. Source: Bay of Plenty Times (23 July 1942, p. 8).
PERSONAL. Mrs E. Tutahi, Hairini, has received a message of sympathy from the King on the death on active service of her son Private Hughie Tutahi. He was a member of the 2nd Maori Battalion and was well known in Tauranga. Source: Bay of Plenty Times (1 August 1942, p. 2).
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- Bay of Plenty Times (23 July 1942, p. 8) https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT19420723.2.55
- Bay of Plenty Times (1 August 1942, p. 2) https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT19420801.2.6
- Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/....
- New Zealand Herald (29 May 1942, p. 1) https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19420529.2.8
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Pte. Hughie Ngarino Tūtahi's Timeline
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1911
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Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
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| 1942 |
July 5, 1942
Age 31
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El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt
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July 5, 1942
Age 31
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El Alamein War Cemetery, [VIII. F. 10.], El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt
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