John Te Kauru

Title

Private

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Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Te Kauru AWMM

Also known as

John Te Kauru AWMM

Service number

WWI 19398 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Morman

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Birth

24 Aug 1895 Public Source

Date of birth

24 Aug 1895

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Place of birth

Nuhaka, Wairoa, HB. NZ

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Birth notes

son of Hohepa Te Kauru

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Address before enlistment

Nuhaka

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Next of kin

Te Kauru (father), Nuhaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• Western European
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneers Battalion 12th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 19398 AWMM

Military service

1916-1917

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 612965

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
• 28 Aug 1916 at Narrow Neck, Takapuna
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Age on enlistment

21yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Private AWMM 12th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr H. Te Kauru, Nuhaka, Hawles Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

14 Aug 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Underhill Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM A. 30. AWMM

Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand 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/R7824755
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-100103.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/445283/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/445283
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 22
• 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.