James Tepene

Forenames

James AWMM

Surname

Tepene AWMM

Also known as

• Te Pene AWMM
• James Te Pene AWMM
• James Tepene AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/922 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

17th March 1895

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 October 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Otamatea, Kaipara

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 October 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-tepeneMilitary Record

Birth notes

Son of Hohepa Tepene and Matete Tepene.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 October 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-tepeneilitary Record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Te Hau Tapene (uncle), Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/922 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of Disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

James Tepene was the son of Hohepa Tepene and Matete Tepene. Born at Otamatea, Kaipara. Served in Egypt, 1915-16 and on the Western Front, 1916.

Surname is recorded as Te Pene on the Nominal Roll, Tepene in other references.

Next of Kin: Miss Mihi Henu, Batley, Otamatea (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

10 Nov 1916 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Place of death

Thames Hospital

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 October 2024 - Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 10246, 13 November 1916, Page 4

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Thames (Parawai) Maori Cemetery, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

A military funeral took place on Saturday, when James Tepene, a returned Maori soldier, who had died in the local hospital from lung trouble was taken to his last resting. place, Totara Point Cemetery. The cortege left the hospital, headed by the 6th Hauraki Reg. Band, playing Handel's Dead March. The firing party consisted of High School Cadets under S.M. Swears. A large number of relatives and friends of the de* ceased soldier followed the hearse to the grave side, where the Rev. A. J. Bee- performed the last sad rites for the dead.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 October 2024 - Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 10246, 13 November 1916, Page 4

Memorial name

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/R7824909
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130789.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643257/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643257
  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

• 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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 717
• 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.