Matthew Bevan

Taitara

Lieutenant

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Matthew AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Bevan AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/252 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

23 Sept 1888 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

23 September 1888

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Wāhi Whānau

Manukau, Auckland

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Manakau, New Zealand AWMM

Mahi whai muri i te pakanga

Hotel Manager

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Uri kiritahi

• M. Bevan, Merton, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM
• M. Bevan (brother), Merton, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Egyptian - Gallipoli & Mudros, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Nama Hōia

WWI 16/252 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1914-1919

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
• 19 Oct 1914
  13 Nov 1914 at Avondale
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

26yrs

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

• WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Sergeant AWMM A Company AWMM Not known AWMM
• WW1 26 Apr 1917-28 Jul 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 82 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Sergeant AWMM 16th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

1915 wounded at Dardanelles, invalided home; July 1917 returned to duty

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Wounded back, France, returned NZ 1916. Back to front, end war 1919.

SuppNom: Ex 1st Maori Contingent., SuppNom: Embarked second sailing, 26th April, 1917. AWMM

Matenga

4 Jul 1952 Public Source

Rā i mate ai

4 July 1952

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Pakeke i te matenga

66yrs

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Wāhi Mate

Auckland, NZ

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Ingoa o te urupā

Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland

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Tohutoro kōhatu urupā

SOLDIERS BURIAL K Row 7, Plot 9

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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/R7879507
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22276089
  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. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 53
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  60: 24
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
• 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 82 - The Pakeha (Mark III) : being the journal of the Left Wing of the 24th New Zealand Reinforcements. Burge, W.R. (William Ralph), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 24th Reinforcements : 1917