Tuahae Carroll
Died 10 Dec 1915
- Service number
- WWI 16/572 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- CorporalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Tuahae AWMM
- Surname
- Carroll AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 16/572 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
- GisbornePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 May 2023 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Lady CARROLLPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 May 2023 - Newspaper Report
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mo Pohatu, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/572 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 29 Jan 1915 at AvondalePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 27yrs 10mthsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Tuahae Carroll was the son of Mo Pohatu, of Gisborne, New Zealand.
Husband of the late Peti Ngahako.
Carroll had the same service number as Pte Samuel Cook, who embarked with the Second Maori Contingent in WWI.
Next of Kin: Lady Carroll, Waikanae, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - BRAVE, STRONG, AND OF GOOD HEART."
Mrs Whare Carroll has received the following letter from Tuahae Carroll (who is serving with the Maoris at Gallipoli), written at Anzac, August 26th: "We have been through two attacks now, and there are less than half of us left, but we beat the Turks badly both times and took their trenches. Our last attack on Saturday was the worst; bullets were falling all around us just like hail, and they had their machine guns and big guns trained on us. We started the attack with 100 men, and only 52 of us got into their trenches, the rest being either killed or wounded. I am sorry to say August Paku was killed—he was hit by shrapnel and killed instantaneously. He died for his country, and T. Halbert and I gave him a decent burial one night shortly afterwards. All our officers are away sick, and we are split up among the different New Zealand Regiments now. The Gisborne and Wairoa boys are with the Otago Infantry. The Ngatiporou and Te Arawa are with the Wellington Infantry. In writing to his mother (Lady Carroll), from Gallipoli, on September 1, Tuahae states: "I am well and in the best of health. Etera and Rangi Rua are away in Egypt, sick, but I got a letter from them, saying they were getting better. Our contingent have had a great time, and have come out of it bravely, as we are only boys, but when we get in the firing line we are all tried men. Our officers speak very well of us. We have tried to remember the good advice you gave us before we left. 'Be brave, be strong, and be of good heart.' I think we have fulfilled what you told us to do. The Maoris have secured a great name for themselves here, and I think we have upheld the good name of our ancestors as fighters. There are only 160 of us left now the remainder have been either killed or wounded. Our only officers on Gallipoli are Dr. Buck and the Rey. Henare Wepiha, they are very brave and strongPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13821, 22 October 1915, Page 3 - Tuahae (Ngai Taamanuhiri / Rongowhakaata) was a whangai to Heni Materoa and James Carroll (Sir). He was survived by son Toki who upon Tuahaes death also became whangai to Heni and James.Public - Anihera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Family oral history.
- Correction: Ko te ingoa tuarua o tona hoa wahine ko 'Ngakaho' no Whakawhitiraa / Te Whanau a Uruahi.Public - Anihera - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Family oral history.
- Tuahae Carroll was the son of Mo Pohatu, of Gisborne, New Zealand.
About death
- Death
- 10 Dec 1915 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
- 28yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - BMD NZ Records
- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey AWMM Special Memorial A. 46. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Advice was received by Lady Carroll yesterday of the death of her adopted son Corporal Tuahae Carroll, who was killed in action on Decembter 10, and whose name is included in to-day's casualty list. Corporai Carroll was a smart, promising young fellow who had resided with Sir James and Lady Carroll from infancy. He was educated at Wellington College, and subsequently went sheepfarming, possessing special ability as a wool classer. On the formation of the Maori contingent he was one of the first local natives to volunteer but he failed to pass the medical examination. However, he secured inclusion in the contingent at Auckland just prior to its departure, being accepted with others to fill up certain vacancies. He went away with the rank of private, but his ability on active service secured promotion for him as a Corporal, and when the Maoris were divided up among the New Zealand Infantry Corporal Carroll was given charge of the Gisborne and Wairoa section. Although not of a robust constitution, he succeeded in lasting out the sever hardships of the campaign with-out being put out of action. Returned members of the contingent have spoken in warm praise of Corporal Carroll's ability in the field. His death, therefore only about a week before the evacuation of Anzac, adds to the sadness of his loss in which Sir James and Lady Carroll will have much sympathy. Tuahae will be remembered as a prominent player in the Y.M.P. Football team. He was about 28 years of age, and a widower, leaving one little son, a popular member of Sir James and Lady Carroll's householdPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13885, 7 January 1916, Page 4
- Memorial name
- Gisborne's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Research
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- 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
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21892538
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130582.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 - '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/605786/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/605786
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 113 - New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- 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 - 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.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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