Name Eruera Whiti | Died 1942 | |
Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai Love (18 May 1905–1942) 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. A Territorial officer, during World War II, he was a company commander and later battalion commander of the Maori Battalion. He was killed in action in the Western Desert on July 12, 1942.
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