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
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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