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Cenotaph record

Taufakavalu

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
  • Surname
    Taufakavalu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1173 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1896 AWMM Tuapa, Niue AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre Oct 1915 AWMM Tuapa, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Matalau (mother), Tuapa, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1173 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 14 October 1915 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM at sea AWMM
    3rd Maori Contingent AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • 13 October 1915 AWMMHeight, WWI AWMM
      5 foot 6.75 inches AWMM
    • 13 October 1915 AWMMDental, WWI AWMM
      Good AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • He signed the Attestation form with "his mark", an X. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Alofi National Memorial, Niue AWMM

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Sources

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