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PTE. Michael Toopi

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PTE. Michael Toopi Veteran

Birth
Maraenui, Napier City, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Death
21 Jul 1942 (aged 22)
Egypt
Burial
El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt GPS-Latitude: 30.8376093, Longitude: 28.9464834
Plot
VIII. J. 7.
Memorial ID
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Service Number: 67591
Unit: New Zealand Infantry, 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company

Son of Peeti and Raura Toopi (Nee Rolleston born Tauranga) of Opotiki, Bay Of Plenty, NZ

Michael Toopi (AKA) as Mika, was born at Haupoto, Maraenui, and followed the Ringatū Religion once leaving school. He belonged to the Ngāti Horomoana hapū and Te Whānau-a-Apanui iwi.
Credit: Sonia Edwards Q.S.M. Author of Valour Remembered Kawe Mate WW2
Service Number: 67591
Unit: New Zealand Infantry, 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company

Son of Peeti and Raura Toopi (Nee Rolleston born Tauranga) of Opotiki, Bay Of Plenty, NZ

Michael Toopi (AKA) as Mika, was born at Haupoto, Maraenui, and followed the Ringatū Religion once leaving school. He belonged to the Ngāti Horomoana hapū and Te Whānau-a-Apanui iwi.
Credit: Sonia Edwards Q.S.M. Author of Valour Remembered Kawe Mate WW2

Gravesite Details

Private, New Zealand Infantry. Age: 22.


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