William Taka

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Taka AWMM

Also known as

• Wiremu Taka AWMM
• William Takaa AWMM
• William Taka AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/474 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

4th March 1887

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 February 2025 - Military Record

Place of birth

Kawhia

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 February 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Mr & Mrs William TAKA of Mercer

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 February 2025 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mercer, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

William Taka (father), Mercer, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/474 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Water man/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

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Son of Mr and Mrs Wiremu Taka, of Mercer.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Taka, Pukekawa (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

6 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Private William Taka
Previously reported wounded, now reported died of wounds, Sept 2nd, at 16th Clearing Station, Anzac

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 February 2025 - Private William Taka - Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6604, 4 February 1916, Page 6

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey 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/R7823607
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680435/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680435
  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: 709
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.