Kurei Papuni

Taitara

Private

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Kurei AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Papuni AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Ku-rei Papuni AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/493 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

1892 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

1892

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Wāhi Whānau

Omaramutu, Opotiki, NZ

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Omarumutu, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Tapeka Papuni (mother), Omarumutu, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• 1st Maori Contingent
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Nama Hōia

WWI 16/493 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1914-1915

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

British War & Victory Medals
1914-1915 Star
Plaque & Scroll 516193

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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 13 Oct 1914 at Whatatau (Kawerau), NZ
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

22 yrs

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

• Son of the late Mrs. Tapeka Papuni, of Omarumutu.
  
  Private Papuni was killed during the August Offensive in a night attack on Bauchop's Hill (Stowers).
  
  Next of Kin: Mrs T. Papuni, Omarumutu, Opotiki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
• Father's name Te Papuni
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Matenga

6 Aug 1915 AWMM

Pakeke i te matenga

23

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Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Tuhipoka mō te matenga

Died on the night attack on Bauchop's Hill. Six other Maori who died that night; three from Company

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, 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/R21383722
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130704.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680285/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680285
  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: 562
• Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.