Harold George Nepia Skelton
I whānau mai i te 7 Apr 1896 - I mate atu i te 8 Aug 1917
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/869 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- TonyPublic - Helene - Other Relative - 26 April 2015 - Family sources
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Harold George Nepia AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Skelton AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- TonyPublic - Helene - Other Relative - 26 April 2015 - Family sources
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/869 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Te Āti Awa, Ngā Iwi o Tokomaru, Tokomaru, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 7 Apr 1896 Public Source (May 2015)
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Mr. G. N. Skelton, of Motanui, WaitaraPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 September 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/harold-george-nepia-skelton
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Bell Block, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs Augusta Rahera (sister), Smart Road, Fitzroy, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/869 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Harold Skelton was the son of Mr. G. N. Skelton, of Motanui, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand (Source: CWGC).
Father's full name was George Nepia Skelton (known as Tim) and his mother's name was Mihi Olivia Rahira.
His brother George Daniel Skelton (16/838) also servied in the Māori Pioneer Battalion.
Military personnel file lists date of birth as 17 March 1894 or 17 April 1894. AWMM - Harold George Nepia Skelton (known as Tony) was born on 7 April 1896 in Motunui, Taranaki. His father was George Nepia (Napier) Skelton (known as Tim), son of Sergeant George Augustus Skelton and Te Piki Ngatata (also known as Mary Ann Cooke). His mother was Mihi Olivia Rahira, daughter of Pomipi and Rahira Te Paoro. Both of his matua were of Te Atiawa iwi and Ngati Rahiri Hapu descent.Public - Helene - Other Relative - 26 April 2015 - Whakapapa, family oral history
- Harold Skelton was the son of Mr. G. N. Skelton, of Motanui, Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand (Source: CWGC).
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 8 Aug 1917 AWMM
- Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France AWMM I. W. 33. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Mr. G. N. Skelton, of Motonui, received the sad news on Thursday that his son, Private- H. G. N. Skelton, had died of wounds on August 8. Mr. ,Skelton has received telegrams of sympathy from their Excellencies and Sir J. G. Ward hi his bereavementPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 September 2024 - Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 145911, 18 August 1917, Page 3
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7817812
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130757.html
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/204041/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/204041
Further Reference - Passchendaele Museum Profile
https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/2070
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
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 667 - 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. 2: Includes portrait - 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.
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