William Moeki

Taitara

Private

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Moeki AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

• William Moeke AWMM
• Wiliiam Moeke
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Nama Hōia

WWI 12/177 AWMM

Ira tangata

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

18 May 1891 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

18 May 1891

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Wāhi Whānau

Port Awanui, East Coast

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of the late Renata and Ripeka Waititi. Native of Coromandel, Auckland

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM 56 Grey Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• Watene Moeki, Port Awanui, via Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Watene Waititi of Ruatoria
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Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Egyptian & Balkin
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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• 3rd Auckland Infantry Regt
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Nama Hōia

WWI 12/177 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1914-1915

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 509235

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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 13 Aug 1914 at Auckland
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

23yrs 3ths

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Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

labourer

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Renata and Ripeka Waititi. Native of Coromandel, Auckland.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Moeke, Ruatoria, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

25 Apr 1915 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Wāhi Mate

Killed in Action at the Dardanelles

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Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Ingoa o te urupā

Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey

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Pānui Matenga

Some weeks ago now Private Moeke, who went with the Main Expeditionary Force., was killed in action and he was the first Native to fall. Private Moeke was very well known along the Coast and also in Gisborne for his fame as a boxer made him so. He has a sister living at Waipiro Bay.

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

Tikitiki Church's War Memorial

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21376324
  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/720341/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/720341
  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

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 511
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• 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.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.