Edward Matapura Erihana

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Edward Matapura AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Erihana AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Ellison AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 60845 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

28- 11- 1897

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Wāhi Whānau

Puketeraki, Otago

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Te One (John) & Hera (Sally) ELLISON

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW1 448 Leith Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW1 Mrs Hera Ellison (mother), Puketeraki, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single
1931 Edward Matapura ELLISON married Maud Eyre TOWNSEND

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Pakanga

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• Territorial Military Service AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 60845 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 20 May 1918 AWMM Law Clerk/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 17 Aug 1918-29 Oct 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 110 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 31st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 7 May 1919 Military personnel file Sapper Military personnel file
New Zealand Engineer Military personnel file

Buried in Puketeraki AWMM

Matenga

9 Aug 1938 Military personnel file

Pakeke i te matenga

40yrs

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Wāhi Mate

Dunedin

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Ingoa o te urupā

Puketeraki Cemetery, Dunedin

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Pānui Matenga

ELLISON.—On August 9th, 1958, at his residence, 2 City road, Roslyn, Edward Matapura, beloved husband of Maud Eyre Ellison; aged 40 years.—The Funeral will leave his residence, 2 City road, Roslyn, on Thursday, the 11th inst., at 1.30 p.m., for the Puketeraki Cemetery.—Hugh Gourley Ltd., funeral directors

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Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21001148
  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. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  90: 11
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.
• HMNZT 110 - The Ruahinean review : souvenir of transport 110. Webb, T. Clifton (Thomas Clifton), editor. Flower, E.W., editor. -- On board ship : [Magazine Staff] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1918].