Pera Te Hau

Taitara

Private

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Pera AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Te Hau AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Pera Te Hau AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/964 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

1882 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

1882

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Wāhi Whānau

Muriwai, Gisborne

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW1 Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW1 Pita te Hau (father), Muriwai, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Egyptian, Egyptian E F & Western European

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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Contingent
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Nama Hōia

WWI 16/964 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1915-1918

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 512963

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Te urunga

• WW1
• 31 July 1915 at Trentham
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

23yrs 7mths

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Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

labourer for Peter Te Hau of Muriwai

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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

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Pera Te Hau was the son of Pita and Kiwa Te Hau, of Muriwai, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr Pita te Hau, Waiari P. B. Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

5 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France AWMM Plot 2. Row B. Grave 10. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Advice has been received by Mr. Pera Te Hau, of Muriwai, that his son, Private Pera Te Hau, aged 27, was killed in action on April 5th. Deceased was a member of the second Maori contingent.

TE HAU. — In Loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Pera Te Hau, who was killed in action on April sth, 1918.
A lonely grave in a far-off land
A grave we may never see;
But while life and Memory last
We will remember thee.
— Inserted by his loving parents, sisters and .brothers

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FOR HONOR'S CAUSE. - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLVI, ISSUE 14879, 5 APRIL 1919, PAGE 2

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Gisborne War Memorial

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

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/R7824719
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130781.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/118395/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/118395
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 716
• 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.