Eruera Love, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Te Ati Awa; rugby player, interpreter, military leader
Date of Birth: 18-May-1905
Place of Birth: Waikawa, Marlborough, New Zealand
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1942
Profession: rugby union player
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Eruera Love
- Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai Love (18 May 1905 – 12 July 1942) was a New Zealand rugby player, interpreter and military leader.
- Of Maori 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 the Second World War, he was a company commander and later battalion commander of the Maori Battalion.
- He was killed in action in the Western Desert on 12 July 1942.
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