Ruru Tapine

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Ruru AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Tapine AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/71 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

5 Apr 1891 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

5 Apr 1891

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Wāhi Whānau

Waipiro Bay

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Turei and Kahuti Tapine

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Waipiro Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Hone Taahiawa (uncle), Tokomaru Bay, 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, 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 16/71 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 AWMM
• 14 Nov 1914 at Avondale
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

24yrs

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Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

Butcher for Hatara Matehe of Waipiro Bay

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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

Mar 1917 Hospitalized for Mumps; Apr 1918 wounded, remained at duty

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Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private

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Next of Kin: Mr H. Taahiawa, Waipiro Bay, E. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

17 Feb 1920 Public Source

Rā i mate ai

17 February 1920

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Wāhi Mate

Public Hospital, Gisborne

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Tuhipoka mō te matenga

Pte Ruru Tapine died 17 Feb 1920 in the Gisborne Hospital and is buried in the Te Hau Urupa at Whatatutu, Gisborne. His Memorial Service Plaque can be found in the Waipiro Bay Services Cemetery at Waipiro Bay

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Ingoa o te urupā

Te Hau Urupa, Whatatutu

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

Waipiro Bay Services Cemetery

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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/R7823800
  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

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 710
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.