Benjamin Morris

Taitara

Private

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Benjamin AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Morris AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Ben Morris

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Nama Hōia

WWI 19399 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Rā i whānau mai ai

1 March 21895

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Wāhi Whānau

Te Karaka

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

son of William Morris of Te Karaka

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Te Karaka, Gisborne

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Uri kiritahi

William Morris (father), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

single

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Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western European

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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 15th Reinforcements
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Nama Hōia

WWI 19399 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1916-1918

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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 25 August 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp, Takapuna, Auckland
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

21 yrs 5 mths

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 13th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Benjamin Morris was the son of William and Catherine Morris, of Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand.

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

Matenga

22 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Hebuterne Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. L. 1. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Mr. W. Morris, of Te Karaka, received intimation yesterday that nis son Private Benjamin Morris, had been killed in action. Private Morris. who received his New Zealand training at the Narrow Neck camp, left for the front two and a half years ago and was wounded some time ago, but recovered and went hack to the firing line. The deceased soldier was 23 years of age. The eldest son of Mr. Morris was wounded about nine months ago, and after being in Brockenhurst hospital, was invalided to Now Zealand Another son, Dick, is still at the front.

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

Gisborne's & Te Karaka's War Memorials

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Te Karaka War Memorial, corner of Main and Station Roads, Te Karaka, Gisborne AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21377460
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130691.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/322586/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/322586
  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

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 37
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].