Turi Wharepapa

Forenames

Turi AWMM

Surname

Wharepapa AWMM

Also known as

Turi Wharepapa AWMM

Service number

WWI 20779 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

30th December 1895

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 September 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Tokaanu

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 September 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Te Awatea Wharepapa and Whareoaoa Hoani

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 September 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/turi-wharepapa

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tokaanu, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Auatea Wharepapa (mother), Tokaanu, near Lake Taupo, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 11 Oct 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20779 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Railways Employee/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Sergeant AWMM 9th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Te-Awatea Wharepapa and Wharepapa Hoani (parents)

Next of Kin: Mrs A. W. Wharepapa, Tokaanu, Taupo (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

23 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM J. 3. AWMM

Obituary

In Loving Memory of TE TURI WHAEPAPA, N.Z. pioneers, aged 22 years, born 4th January 1896, killed in action in France 23rd December 1917, of N'Tuwharetoa and N'Tama tribes. Greatly esteemed by both Maoris and Europeans.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 May 2025 - MEMORIAL - St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard at Tokaanu

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22018137
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130827.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/446972/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/446972
  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.
  43: 36
• 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.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.