Sione Talia'uli
Born 21 Jun 1892 - Died 11 Oct 1918
- Service number
- WWI 16/1335 AWMM
- Also known as
- John Taliauli AWMM
- Jione Taliauli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Contingent AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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About birth
- Birth
- 21 Jun 1892 AWMM
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- Address before enlistment
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- Relationship status
- Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Single, 1 child AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Sinai & Palestine AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1335 AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 23 Nov 1915 AWMM Medical student/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Medical student/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Navua AWMM Private AWMM Rarotongans, attached A Company AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM - WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 12th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 4 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
11 stone 2 pounds AWMM - Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
Excellent AWMM - Tattoos, Unknown Period AWMM
Tattoo left upper arm AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Measles AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Invalided to New Zealand on the Ulimaroa June 1916, struck off strength, sent to Epsom Convalescent Hospital AWMM - Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of pneumonia AWMM - Medical, WWI AWMM
slight flat feet AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Contingent AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Brother of Uepi Tonga Lomavita, Sitiveni Kamaloni Lomavita and Fine’ingo Lomavita Vaipulu. Family source.
His service record notes he was both invalided to New Zealand and an an extra orderly, interpreter on the Ulimaroa. Detached to Rarotongan Company January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918.
a.k.a. TALIAULI, Sione; a.k.a. TALIAULI, John, SuppNom: Ex 3rd Maori Contingent.
Medical student living in Blenheim, New Zealand when he enlisted 23 November 1915. Embarked at Wellington 4 February 1916. Disembarked from SS Navua 15 March 1916 and worked in the Government Hospital, Suez as an interpreter. Contracted measles and admitted to the Emergency Clearing Camp Zeitoun 31 March 1916 until 10 May 1915. Returned to New Zealand on SS Ulimaroa ex Suez on 11 June 1916 with the returning Niuean Contingent and employed as an interpreter on the ship. Arrived in New Zealand 16 July 1916 and sent to the Epsom Convalescent Home in Auckland. Posted to Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 August 1916 and embarked on HMNZT No.73 Opawa at Wellington 2 January 1917 and arrived Simons Town 24 February 1917 and embarked on SS Walmer Castle to disembark at Devonport, United Kingdom 27 March 1917 prior to being posted to Sling Camp and attached to the New Zealand Medical Corps. Joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France 3 September 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 4 February 1918 where joined the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Sent to hospital 5 October 1918 and admitted to 76th Casualty Clearing Station 10 October 1918 and died of pneumonia 11 October 1918. Buried Ramleh War Cemetery, Chaplain G.E. Woodmonsey officiated at the funeral. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 11 Oct 1918 Family source
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- Cause of death
- Died of Sickness AWMM
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- Cemetery
- Neiafu, Vavau, Tonga AWMM
- Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) AWMM
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- Obituary
- Sione Taliauli of Nuku’alofa was a young medical student training with Dr Bennett of Blenheim, New Zealand, when war broke out in August 1914. In October 23, 1915 he enlisted in Blenheim and joined the 3rd Maori Contingent as a Private. They trained at Narrow Neck Camp in Auckland then left for Egypt from Wellington in February 1916 on the troopship Navua. On arrival at Suez, he was transferred to various camps within Egypt, appointed temporarily Corporal and then admitted to hospital in Cairo. He died of pneumonia in October 1918. He is buried in Ramallah in Palestine. Sione Taliauli had a child Bakelo or Pakola in Tonga. His medals, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, were sent to the child care of his aunt Alilua, of Kolofo’ou in 1923. He is listed on the Tongan War Memorial.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 October 2024 - https://kanivatonga.co.nz/2024/04/tongans-remember-volunteers-from-the-islands-who-served-in-first-world-war
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Tonga War Memorial, Nuku'alofa AWMM
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823659
Further Reference - '100 Kiwi Stories of WWI: Tongan soldiers struggled in a strange land', New Zealand Herald, 13 October 2014.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11341335
Further Reference - Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 3 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
49: 22 - Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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