(1905-05-18)18 May 1905 Waikawa, Marlborough, New Zealand
Died
12 July 1942(1942-07-12) (aged 37) Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt
Buried
El Alamein War Cemetery
Allegiance
New Zealand
Service/branch
New Zealand Military Forces
Years of service
1922–1942
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Commands held
Māori Battalion
Battles/wars
Second World War
Battle of Greece
Battle of Crete
First Battle of El Alamein
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]
^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.
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