Piri Ellison

Taitara

T/Sergeant

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Piri AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Ellison AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Pirihana Ellison

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Nama Hōia

WWI 16/265 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

Morman

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Whānautanga mai

9 Nov 1888 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

9 Nov 1888

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Wāhi Whānau

Waikanae

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of John Teone Matapura ELLISON & Ngapera PARATA

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• Unknown AWMM Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• Hera Ellison, Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Hera Ellison (wife), Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 06 May 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM
• 1919 married Polly Taku
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Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Egyptian, 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 16/265 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 Driver/Military AWMM
• 30 Sept 1914 at Avondale
  13 Nov 1914 at Avondale
  6 Feb 1916 at Auckland for the 4th NZ Maori Conting
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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 Private AWMM A Company AWMM Not known AWMM
• WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Aug 1915 - Gunshot wound to arm - invalided home; Sep 1915 invalided home

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Wounded GS right arm Anzac Cove 9.8.15. Returned to NZ SS Willochra 25.9.15. Returned to duty Auckland, NZ 21.2.16.

2nd deployment ex 1st Maori Contingent A company. Disembarked Suez 26.3.16. Disembarked Southampton 7.8.16. Left Sling for France 20.8.16. Returned NZ SS Westmoreland 6.4.19. Discharged 4.5.19. Served abroad 3yrs 230 days. (Ngati Turanga, R.Waaka, 17.1.21)

SuppNom: Ex 1st Maori Contingent. AWMM

Matenga

10 Mar 1960 Public Source

Rā i mate ai

10 March 1960

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Pakeke i te matenga

• 72yrs
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• 76yrs
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Wāhi Mate

Wellington, NZ

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Tuhipoka mō te matenga

Pirihana Ellison died 10 Mar 1960 aged 76yrs in Wellington - he was cremated

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Ingoa o te urupā

Hongoeka Urupā, Plimmerton, Porirua, Wellington

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Tohutoro kōhatu urupā

Record # 19202

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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/R21000923
  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

• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 214
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 26
• 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. 1: 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).
• 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.