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Latoa

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Nominal Roll 25 , Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll 25 , Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
  • Surname
    Latoa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Latoa (2) AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1068 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1895 AWMM Alofi, Niue AWMM
    Alofi, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Ikinofo (father), Alofi, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 February 1916 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1068 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 29 September 1915 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Settler/Civilian AWMM
    Alofi, Niue AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 6.25 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      164 pounds AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Husband of Fineata of Hakupu

      Listed as Latoa (2) on the Nominal Roll. Also issued with Discharge armlet and card of authority to wear the same at discharge AWMM
    • My grandads brother that went to war and never returned. My dad used to tell us storys about him. Public - Eseta - Direct descendant - 1 September 2018 - My nephew is named after him and other family memebers named after his wife fineata. His last name not listed but it is Viviane.
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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • Always in our hearts Kia monuina GGGF Warr
    Public - Warren - Direct descendant - 25 April 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R10925685
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      25: 3 AWMM
    • Pointer, M. (2015). Niue 1774-1974 : 200 years of conflict and change. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press. AWMM
    • Pointer, M. (2000). Tagi tote e loto haaku - My heart is crying a little : Niue Island involvement in the Great War, 1914-1918. Alofi, Niue ; Suva, Fiji: Government of Niue ; Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. AWMM
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
01 September 2018EsetaSamoaDirect descendant
25 April 2017Warren NiueDirect descendant

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