Te Ao Popoki

Forenames

Te Ao AWMM

Surname

Popoki AWMM

Also known as

Teao Popoki AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/410 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. March 1893

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Place of birth

Puketarata

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Birth notes

Grandson of Kurupai POPOKI of Puketarata

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mokai, Taupo, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Kurupai Popoki, Puketarata, Otorohanga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/410 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr Te Popoki, Kurupae, Taupo (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

15 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM L. 4 AWMM

Obituary

Admitted to 19th genera! hospital (Deaconess Hospital) at Alexandria on August 4th with enteric: Pvt. T. Popoki.
DIED FROM SICKNESS. ' (Enteric.) Popoki, Pte. Teao (No. 16/410). Next-of-kin. Popoki Kurupae, Auckland.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 February 2025 - ROLL OF HONOUR
Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2547, 23 August 1915, Page 6

Memorial name

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/R20802186
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130563.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/109649/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/109649
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 588
• 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.
• 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.