Arona McGregor
I whānau mai i te March 07, 1892
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - Military Record
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/1260 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- MacGregor AWMM
- Moses McGREGPORPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Moses-McGregor/6000000019276562517
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Arona AWMM
- Arona Whetuariki AhituaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Moses-McGregor/6000000019276562517
- Ingoa whānau
- McGregor AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- MacGregor AWMM
- Moses McGREGPORPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Moses-McGregor/6000000019276562517
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/1260 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
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- Rā i whānau mai ai
- March 07, 1892Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - Military Record
- Wāhi Whānau
- Koputoroa, Manawatū-WhanganuiPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - Military Record
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Hokowhitu Ihakara Makarika and Titihuia Makarika-McGregorPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - Military Record
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Miss Rangitaiki McGregor (sister), Foxton, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Husband of Marema Kopa McGregorPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/1260 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Flaxmill hand/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM A Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Surname appears as McGregor in Nominal Rolls, as MacGregor in Archives New Zealand
Enlist Octl5, discharge 22.7.19. Wound, face Jul 1916, 3 yrs 139 days, illness early 19, reappoint L Corp Feb 17, training. Died 1960, buried Whakawehi. AWMM - Moses went overseas with the 3rd Māori Contingent, which left NZ 5th February
1916, and joined the Pioneer Battalion in Egypt then went to the Western Front
His brother - Poutu Hairuha McGregor and cousin Tutepourangi McDonald were also in the third Māori contingent, which was mostly made up of Pacific Islanders (Niue, Rarotonga, Gilbert and Ellice Islanders). Two other cousins Jack Sciascia and Charles Sciascia were in the Wellington Regiment NZEF 1st battalion and served at Gallipoli and in Europe.
Charles was killed inaction in Belgium.
While he was in the army Moses was promoted to Lance Corporal and wounded in action on 6
August 1916 and sent to hospital at Calais in France. Shrapnel hit his cheek while he was in
the field. He was then sent back to the front.
He had attended the Louis Gun School and Gas School as part of his training for the front. He was discharged from the army on 25 June 1919.
His army file says that he received the Victory medal and the British War medal.
Moses returned to NZ on 22 July 1919 after being in service 3 years and 139 days.
It is not sure if he returned to his work with his last employer C.B.Higginson but he did continue
to work in the flax cutting and mill business.
He did not continue to train to be a minister but supported his whānau in church activities and building projects. Neither he nor anyone from Ngati Raukawa were balloted any land for farming when he returned from war Moses continued his interests in kapahaka and introduced the European entertainmentPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Moses-McGregor/6000000019276562517
- Surname appears as McGregor in Nominal Rolls, as MacGregor in Archives New Zealand
Te matenga
- Matenga
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- Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10921686
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
- Military personnel file
- 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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 1 - 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.
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