Taane Toka

Forenames

Taane AWMM

Surname

Toka AWMM

Also known as

Taane Toka AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/103 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

14th January 1894

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 July 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Opotiki

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 July 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Toka and Atareta Herewini, of Torere

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/taane-toka

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Glenside, Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Atareta Herewini (brother), Torere, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/103 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 9 Jul 1916 AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Taane Toka was the son of Toka and Atareta Herewini, of Torere, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr A. Herewini, Torere, Opotiki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

9 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM II. D. 21. AWMM

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/R22016392
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/277509/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/277509
  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. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 729
• 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. 2: 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.