condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Samuel Tutaua Tarawhiti

-
Lay a poppy

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel Tutaua AWMM
  • Surname
    Tarawhiti AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Sam AWMM
  • Service number
    67389 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    25 December 1914 AWMM Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o G. Nuku, Manaia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Tarawhiti (mother), Taikatu Road, Otakeho, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    67389 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Youngest son of Nuku Tipene Tarawhiti and Tukotahi (Te Kawengaroa) Rangiwhetu AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    26 December 1983 AWMM
    Age 69 AWMM
    Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Patea Cemetery, Scotland Street, Patea, South Taranaki District, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Samuel Tutaua Tarawhiti by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Samuel Tutaua Tarawhiti

Leave a note

Contribute ›
  • “I love him” says Hawaiki Tutaua he is 6 years old and is named after Koro Sam a direct descendant and it is his great great grand uncle.
    Public - Juanita - Direct descendant - 25 April 2020
    Report 

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2020Juanita HamiltonDirect descendant

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.