Eruera Love
Appearance
Eruera Love | |
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Nickname(s) | "The Bull" |
Born | Waikawa, Marlborough, New Zealand | 18 May 1905
Died | 12 July 1942 Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt | (aged 37)
Buried | |
Allegiance | New Zealand |
Service/ | New Zealand Military Forces |
Years of service | 1922–1942 |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Commands | Māori Battalion |
Battles/wars | |
Relations | Ripeka Wharawhara Love (mother) |
Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai Love (18 May 1905 – 12 July 1942) was a New Zealand rugby player, interpreter and military leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Ati Awa iwi.
One of seven surviving children of Wi Hapi Pakau Love and Ripeka Wharawhara Love, he was born in Waikawa Bay, Marlborough, New Zealand on 18 May 1905.[1]
A Territorial officer, during the Second World War, he was a company commander and later battalion commander of the Māori Battalion. He was killed in action in the Western Desert on 12 July 1942.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Miguel, Susan Love De. "Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai Love". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ De Miguel., Susan Love. "'Love, Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai'". The New Zealand Encyclopedia. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1942 deaths
- 20th-century translators
- Interpreters
- New Zealand Māori soldiers
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- New Zealand military personnel killed in World War II
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Te Āti Awa people
- Māori biography stubs
- New Zealand military personnel stubs
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs