Forenames

Thompson William AWMM

Surname

Nicholls AWMM

Also known as

aka Tame Ngakohi TAMIHANA

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Service number

WWI 16/164 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Morman

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Birth

28 Feb 1890 Public Source

Date of birth

28 Feb 1890

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Place of birth

Te Puke, BOP, NZ

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Birth notes

son of Mrs T Ngakoura

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Ngakoura Tamihana (mother), Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian- Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/164 AWMM

Military service

1914-1918

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Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  MM. London Gazette, 17 December 1917, p13201, Rec No 1415: AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Plaque & Scroll # 509776
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Military training

4th Waikato Mounted Rifles

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 16 Oct 1914 at Rotorua
  Dec 1914 at Avondale Military Camp
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Age on enlistment

24yrs 7mths

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Occupation before enlistment

Sailor for Northern Steamship Co., Tauranga

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died from influenza AWMM
• Aug 1915 wounded at Gallipoli; 1918 - Jan: Bronchitis; Mar: Pleurisy; Aug: Invalided home
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• From Military records, died of TB
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Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Death

6 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Te Kahika Maori Cemetery, Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

Cpl. Thompson NICHOLLS, Te Puke, wounded 21 Aug 1915. Known as Tame TAMIHANA, he won the MM at Ypres for his leadership and coolness under fire. He was invalided to NZ in August 1918 suffering with phthisis. He died in Auckland Hospital on 6 November 1918

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Memorial name

• Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21380436
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130696.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643255/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643255
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 539
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.