Almost 3600 men served overseas with the Maori Battalion 1940-1945. Of those, 649 were killed or died of wounds while another 1,712 were wounded. Another 29 died as a result of service following discharge.

- read the INTRODUCTION to the 28th MAORI BATTALION

- every soldier of the 28th has further information and photos, where available, at the site: BATTALION ROLL

- many 28th Battalion soldiers used alternative names or were known by both Maori and English versions of their names; these are recorded where known - their address is where they were at time of enlistment

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* ABRAHAM to AWATERE

* BABBINGTON to BUTLER

CAIRNS to CURTIS

* DANIELS to DYER

* EDMONDS to EVANS

* FACOOREY to FROST

* GAGE to GUNSON

* HAAMI to HENARE

* HENDERSON to HUTANA

* IHAIA to JURY

* KAA to KEWEN

* KIDWELL to KUTIA

* LAMBERT to LUMSDEN

* MAAKA to MAUHENI

* MAUI to MUTU

* NAERA to OTIMI

* PAAKA to PAWA

* PEACHEY to PUTARANUI

* RAERENGA to REWIRI

* RIA to RYLAND

* SADD to SYLVIA

* TAARE to TAYLOR

* Te ANO to TUTU

* UATUKU to VERCOE

* WAA to WEBSTER

* WEEPU to YOUNG

* indicates he died for his country
* NOK - next of kin
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CAIRNS, Fred John - Private 65487
- from Waimana
NOK: Mrs M. Cairns (wife), c/o Mrs King, Torere, Opotiki

CALLAGHAN, James - Private 62660
- from Raukokore, Opotiki

CALLAGHAN, Te Moana - Corporal 801909
- from Waihau Bay

CALLAGHAN, William (aka Harawira Callaghan) - Private 815308
- from 41 Thorndon Quay, Wellington

CALLAGHAN, John - Corporal 801908
- from c/o Mr J.G. Neilson, Otara Road, Opotiki

CAMERON, John - Private 25825
- from Pukepoto, Kaitaia,

* CAMPBELL, Stuart Alexander - Private 446853
- from Glendining Home, Andersons Bay, Dunedin - DIED Italy aged 22

CAMPBELL, Eruera Kape - Private 801910
- from Te Araroa

CAMPBELL, Rutene - Private 39766
- from Te Araroa

CAMPBELL, John Sidney (aka Sydney) - Private 65274
- from Aorangi, Ruatoria

CAMPBELL, Joseph Hemota - Private 39223
- from Aorangi

CAMPBELL, Pani (aka Tom) - Corporal 67405
- from Aorangi, Ruatoria

CAMPBELL, Hikurangi - Private 65273
- from Hick's Bay

CAMPBELL, George Paihea - Private 67406
- from Ruakituri

CAMPBELL, Tahaa - Private 811317
- from Omaio

CARKEEK, Manukiao - Private 804674
- from c/o Mrs C. Fuller, Coley Street, Foxton

CARLSON, William - Private 801911
- from Opotiki

CARR, Dick - Private 801912
- from Puha

CARR, Joseph - Second Lieutenant 46089
- from Anaura Station, Tolaga Bay

CARRINGTON, Cooper - Private 817460
- from Manutuke

CARROLL, Alfred Nelson - Private 39590
- from orth Clyde, Wairoa

CARROLL, Kingi George Gallipoli - Private 817532
- from Wharerangi, Puketapu

CARROLL, Alfred Taihoa - Trooper 817531
- from Wharerangi, Puketapu

CARROLL, John Henry - Temporary Corporal 817587
- from c/o T. Robinson, Little River

CARROLL, Richard John - Private 62576
- from North Clyde, Wairoa

CARROLL, Joseph Francis - Private 39558
- from 505 Riverslea Road, Hastings

CARSON, Henry - Private 25826
- from Hoe-o-tainui

CASH, Moses - Private 813382
- from Pokaka

* CASSIDY, William Diamond - Private 62848
- from Takapuna - DIED in Yunisia 20-4-1943 aged 26

CASSIDY, Tom - Private 62708
- from Parua Bay

CASSIDY, Henry - Private 62709
- from Moerewa

* CASTLETON, Robert Scott - Private 275359
- from Rotorua - KILLED IN ACTION in Italy Xmas Eve 1943 aged 24

CHADWICK, John Te Kuru - Temporary Sergeant 817533
- from Hastings

* CHALCRAFT, Leslie William - Private 802299
- from Gisborne - KILLED IN ACTION in Italy 24-7-1944 aged 21

CHAMBERS, Charles - Private 39767
- from Te Araroa

CHASE, Rangi - Private 62577
- from Kaitoke, Dannevirke

* CHESTERMAN, Earle Richard - Major 11805
- from Nelson College - KILLED IN ACTION Western Desert aged 27
- born in Masterton. Mentioned in Despatches

CHRISTIAN, William (aka Bill Kiel) - Private 65433
- from Gisborne

CHRISTY, Benjamin Goodard - Major 68371
- from Nuhaka

CHURCH, Charles - Private 816356
- from Kakatahi

CLARK, Thomas - Private 67667
- from Kakanoa Street, Huntly

CLARK, Roy - Private 25827
- from Bethlehem, Tauranga

CLARK, William Matthew - Private 25828
- from 12 Harding Street, Auckland C. 1

CLARK, William - Private 801563
- from Kaitaia

CLARK, Teone - Private 815257
- from 62 Waiwhetu Road, Lower Hutt

CLARK, Richard - Private 62869
- from Huntly

CLARKE, Murdock Spencer - Corporal 3226
- from Kamo, Whangarei

CLARKE, Peter Tauatahi - Warrant Officer Class 2 62710
- from Ngawha, North Auckland

CLARKE, Herbert - Private 39302
- from Ruawai

CLARKE, Edward - Private 39501
- from Aratapu, Dargaville

CLARKE, Samuel - Private 811774
- from Manoeka, TePuke

CLAY, Martin Hood Archer - Lieutenant 5769
- from Mataura

COATES, Miki Arama Karaka - Private 65468
- from Te Teko

COCKERY, James - Private 62578
- from Hautanoa, Tokomaru Bay

COLE, Herbert Francis - Temporary Corporal 811035
- from Tahuna

COLEMAN, John Thomas - Private 67598
- from Hautanoa, Tokomaru Bay

* COLEMAN, Dick - Private 811094
- from Lower Waiawa - DIED OF WOUNDS Italy 15-1-1945 aged 22

* COLEMAN, Simon - Private 25829
- from Kaitaia - KILLED IN ACTION Tunisia 8-5-1943 aged 25

COLEMAN, Nai - Private 801913
- from Hautanoa

COLLIER, James Patrick - Private 25830
- from Tokomaru Bay

CONNOR, Lance William - Private 67498
- from 144 King's Crescent, Lower Hutt

CONROY, William James - Private 802777
- from Rangiuru, Te Puke

CONROY, Francis Patrick - Private 65219
- from Rangaiuru via Te Puke

COOK, Hohipuha Kareanui - Private 67480
- from Raukawa Street, Otaki

COOK, Edmund - Private 65683
- from Apia, Samoa

COOK, George - Private 39036
- from Manakau

COOK, Alfonso Robert - Private 801309
- from c/o Mrs Strongman, 23A Pine Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland

COOK, Burnett Neville - Private 39304
- from Kerikeri Inlet, Bay of Islands

COOPER, William Hohepa - Private 65337
- from Kawakawa

COOPER, Stanley - Lance Corporal 2814
- from c/o Ellis and Burnand, Mangapehi

COOPER, Walter James - Corporal 6099
- from Kaingaroa

COPE, Henare - Private 39300
- from Taheke Hokianga

COPE, Mathew Iti - Private 62712
- from Taheke, Hokianga

CORBETT, Wha - Private 813277
- from Manunui

* CORCORAN, John - Private 39740
- from Auckland - DIED in Austria 13-5-1945 aged 27

COULSTON, Reuben Edward (aka Ted) - Second Lieutenant 68373
- from Raukituri

* COURTNEY, Walter Mark - Private 39707
- from Maketu, Te Puke - DIED Crete 23-5-1941 aged 23

COWELL, Robert - Private 62849
- from Maioro, P.W.D., Waiuku

* COWELL, William - Private 62850
- from Waiuku - KILLED IN ACTION Western Desert 5-7-1942 aged 23

CRAPP, Lawson Tunoa - Sergeant 67555
- from Toroa Street, Whakatane

CRAWFORD, Jury (aka Digger) - Private 801915
- from Tolaga Bay,

CRAWORD, Karu (aka Fred) - Private 39208
- from Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay

CRAWFORD, Tui - Private 65275
- from Te Araroa

CRAWFORD, Ngaopa Hoia Terau Ririwa (aka Nga Ope, aka Soldier Crawford) - Private 811038
- from Waihau Bay
Enlisted from Opotiki. Died 25 May 1980 in Porirua

CREWTHER, Edward James - Private 65138
- from 35 Cliff Road, St. Heliers, Auckland

CRIBB, Kiwi - Private 62561
- from Awahuri

CROSS, Thomas Gladstone - Private 804718
- from 142 Nith Street, Invercargill

CROSS, William Charles Francis 'Bill' - Private 445422
- from 142 Nith Street, Invercargill
* Thomas Gladstone Cross (1921-1985) & William Charles Francis Cross (1923-2000) were brothers. Sons of Thomas Henry Louis 'Jombo' Cross (1894-1961) & Ann Gutsell (1895-1960) of Invercargill.

CROWN, Toi - Private 39708
- from Thames

CULLEN, Ralph - Lance Corporal 801916
- from 45 Wellington Street, Auckland

CUNNINGHAM, John - Private 65276
- from Puha

CUNNINGHAM, Joseph - Private 817725
- from Whakatu, Hastings

CUNNINGHAM, Koro - Private 817736
- from Bridge Pah, Hastings

CURRAN, Frank Kitchener - Corporal 39699
- from Station Road, Waverley, Taranaki
NOK: Mary Ann Curran (Mother), 53 McPhee Street, Dannevirke.
Born as Francis Curran to William Michael Curran (1880-1947) & Mary Ann Ryan. Served as Frank Curran. He was a Corporal in the cookery wing. Died in Wellington 19 June 1953 as Francis Curran, aged 37. Family has his name as Frank Kitchener Curran.

* CURRY, John - Private 39732 more details
- from Arohena, Waikato - DIED Crete 23-5-1941 aged 23. Buried Sida Bay War Cemetery, Crete
NOK: Harold & Elizabeth 'Betty' (nee Muriwai), Kohukohu, Hokianga

CURTIS , James Hurinuku - Private 39709
- from Rotorua