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| Name |
Maurice Hawker |
| Born |
Abt 1922 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military Service |
WWII |
- FULL NAME Maurice Hawker
RANK LAST HELD Lance Corporal
WAR World War II, 1939-1945
SERIAL NO. 33754
GENDER Male
CAMPAIGNS Italy
LAST UNIT SERVED
25Infantry Battalion
PLACE OF DEATH Italy
DATE OF DEATH 27 April 1945
AGE AT DEATH 22
YEAR OF DEATH 1945
CEMETERY NAME Padua War Cemetery, Italy
GRAVE REFERENCE II. G. 15.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Maurice Hawker was the foster-son of William Te Tau and of Rona Te Tau (nee Mason), of Norsewood, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
SOURCES USED Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Auckland War Museum Cenotaph Recprds
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| Died |
27 Apr 1945 |
Italy  |
| Buried |
Padua War Cemetery, Italy |
- Historical Information
On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the invasion coinciding with an armistice made with the Italians who then re-entered the war on the Allied side.
The Allied advance was stalled for two successive winters: in 1943 on the German defensive position known as the Gustav Line, stretching from the river Gargliano in the west to the Sangro in the east, and in 1944 on the Gothic Line in the northern Appenine mountains. At the beginning of April 1945, the Allies launched their final offensive against the German positions spread out in a line across Italy, south of Bologna. German resistance was by now beginning to disintegrate and the Allies were able to fan out rapidly across the Po valley.
Padua War Cemetery lies in the zone of the Allied breakthrough in the spring of 1945 when, despite some resistance, the town was captured by Indian troops.
CWGC.
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| Person ID |
I18328 |
Frost Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Oct 2014 |
| Father |
William Tikawenga Pukara Te Tau, b. 29 Aug 1894, Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand , d. 10 Sep 1973, New Zealand (Age 79 years) |
| Relationship |
Foster |
| Mother |
Rona Mason, b. Abt 1895, Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand , d. 30 Apr 1958, New Zealand (Age ~ 63 years) |
| Relationship |
Foster |
| Married |
Abt 1920 |
New Zealand [1] |
| Family |
Maurice Hawker was the foster-son of William Te Tau and of Rona Te Tau (nee Mason), of Norsewood, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. |
| Family ID |
F16386 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1920/1924 (Reliability: 3).
Rona Mason
William Tekawenga Puhara Te Tau
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