The Northland Age

Soldiers honoured at Te Hapua

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There is no roll of honour at Te Hapua, but the names of those from the northernmo­st settlement in the country were recorded by Moko Rewi and others in 1970. The list is as follows: World War I: Rata Murupaenga ( wounded), Waitai Rata (wounded), Len Keene (wounded), Allen Munro.

World War II: Fred Rameka, Tupani Waitai (wounded), Brown Brown ( killed in action), John Norman ( wounded), Oneroa Horne, Mati Petricevic­h (killed in action), Wiki Sylva, Rapi Sylva (killed in action), Dick Lazarus, Toka Abraham, Charlie Petera, Witamiha Rata, Ben Waenga, Herbert Subritzky, Mac Herewini, William Waitaia, Mili Murray.

K Force: John Brown, Brown Norman, Morehu Pene, Billy Karena.

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