Donald Ferris

Taitara

Private

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Donald AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Ferris AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Don-ald Ferris AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/519 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

• Church of England, Christian AWMM
• Church of England
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Whānautanga mai

15 Oct 1889 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

15 October 1881

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Wāhi Whānau

Gisborne

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Captain Charles William FERRIS, Licensed Interpreter

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

C.W. Ferris (father), Gisborne, 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
• Gallipoli
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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• NZEF
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Nama Hōia

WWI 16/519 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• 1915
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• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Mētara me ngā Tohu

• 1914-1915 Star
  British War & Victory Medals
  Plaque & Scroll # 504045
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• 1915 Star
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Whakangungu ope taua

Sergt in the Te Aute College Cadets

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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 4 January 1915 at Avondale Military Camp
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

25 yrs

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Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

Farmer

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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 Mr and Mrs C. W. Ferris of Gisborne, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr C. W. Ferris, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Matenga

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey AWMM Special Memorial B. 16. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

see document attached - Private Donald Ferris: Newspaper items of Private Donald Ferris and his obituary

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand 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/R21003020
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130602.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/605830/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/605830
  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

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 228
• 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. 2: 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.