Thomas Haehae Wellington

Forenames

Thomas Haehae AWMM

Surname

Wellington AWMM

Also known as

Tame AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/244 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Wai, Ngā Iwi o Kurahaupō, Kurahaupō, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Taka, Ngāti Wai, Ngā Iwi o Kurahaupō, Kurahaupō, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Birth

• 21 Jun 1890 AWMM
• 21 Jun 1890 Public Source

Date of birth

21/6/1890

Public - Erica - Other Relative - 23 August 2015 - Military personnel file

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kiripaka, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Killed in action

Public - Erica - Other Relative - 23 August 2015 - Military personnel file

Next of kin

Mrs S. Wellington (mother), Ngunguru, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/244 AWMM

Military service

North Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Contractor

Public - Erica - Other Relative - 23 August 2015 - Military personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Sergeant AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles, 11th (North Auckland) Squadron AWMM

Second son of Thomas S. H. Wellington and Margaret Wellington, of Ngunguru, Whangarei, North Auckland.

Next of Kin: Mrs T. Wellington, Ngunguru, Whangarei (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

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

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22017667
  Further Reference
• Ngunguru. Northern Advocate , 7 September 1915, Page 1
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NA19150907.2.2.2&srpos
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680509/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680509
  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

• Northern Advocate
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 766
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• 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.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.