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Medal, commemorative   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Medal, commemorative
Object type Casualties/wars
Classification: 68489
Description
English: Memorial Cross, WW2 Memorial Cross awarded to next-of-kin of Private Tuhura Hami, 28 (Maori) Battalion who died on active service 19th October 1941 in Greece. a Cross patonce in silver over a laurel wreath, at the end of the upright a crown; at the foot and at the end of either arm a fern leaf; in the centre the royal cipher “GRVI”. Medal originally issued with a purple ribbon missing parts- ribbon markings- medal named verso- 39616 - PTE. T. HAMI silver mark verso- R - STERLING
Date post-WW2-wars; 19 Oct 1941; (1947); 19 Aug 2013; George VI (1936 - 1952)-House of Windsor-English reign; 06 Sep 2013
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length: 32mm
width: 32mm

notes: medal width: 50mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2013.31.1
Place of creation Crete; Unknown; Greece
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2013.31.1
Notes Memorial Cross commemorating the death of 39616 Pte Tuhura Hami, 28 (Maori) Battalion Tuhura Hami, son of Mr and Mrs Whiti Hami of Te Karaka, East Coast, embarked with the 2nd Echelon. He was taken prisoner on Crete, and is known to have been taken into a POW Camp on 30th April 1941. According the records of the War Graves Commission he died in Greece on 19th October 1941, and he is commemorated at the Athens Memorial in Greece. The fact that he remained on Greece for six months suggests that he was wounded during the Battle of Crete and may have spent this time in hospital, instead of being shipped to a POW camp in Italy or Germany. Cenotaph biographical notes- The 'Review' of December 1945 states the following- "Information is desired concerning 39616 Pte. Tuhura Hami of Te Karaka. He was taken prisoner during the evacuation of Greece, and the latest received came from a 2nd NZEF officer who was prisoner of war, who stated that Pte. Hami was taken into prison camp on the 30th April 1941. Any returned P.O.W who has seen him or can give additional information is asked to communicate with the Secretary of the Wellington R.S.A, or his mother, Mrs Whiti Jones, Te Karaka."
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