Tono Brown
I whānau mai i te Circa 1895 - I mate atu i te 1932
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/1432 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Tahu Brown AWMM
- Tonutu AWMM
- TONO BROWN KAWITIPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Newspaper Report
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- 4th NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- 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
- Tono AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Brown AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Tahu Brown AWMM
- Tonutu AWMM
- TONO BROWN KAWITIPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Newspaper Report
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/1432 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Pono
- AnglicanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military record
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- Circa 1895 Public Source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- abt 1895Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record (estimated - did not know his birthdate)
- Wāhi Whānau
- Kawakawa, NorthlandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- son of Tahu BrownPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Kawakawa, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW1 Tahu Brown (father), Waiomio, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- singlePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- 4th NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/1432 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- 1916-1919Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
London Gazette 28 September 1917, p10039, Rec No 1084 "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at La Basse Ville on night of Augus t3/4th, While erecting entanglements in front of outpost line under the most adverse weather condition. The party was consistently exposed to enemy shell and machine-gun fire being on the exposed flank. Pte, Brown by his cheerful example encouraged the men of his section to stick to their jobs and the amount of wire erected was largely due to his efforts." McDonald, p. 32 AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- British War Medal
Victory Medal
Military Medal (MM) awarded Sept 1917: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at LA BASSE VILLE on night of August 3/4th, While erating entanglements in front of outpost line under the most adverse weather condition. The party was consistently exposed to enemy shell and machine gun fire being on the exposed flank. Private, Brown by his cheerful example encouraged the men of his section to stick to their jobs and the amount of wire erected was largely due to his efforts.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Miltiary Medal & http://patria.homestead.com/patriaBROWN-T.html
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
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 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- 23 Feb 1916 at Narrow NeckPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
- 20yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 26 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements, No. 2 Platoon AWMM 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
- Nov 1917 Admitted to Hospital in France - SickPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military record
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Tono or Tonotu Paraone 1895 -1932 was one of two sons of Hoori (Charlie) Tahua Paraone (Brown). Hoori Tahua was the son of Hirini maihi Paraone.
Hirini was a grandson to Kawiti, Tono’s brother was Maihi Tahu Paraone. 1895 -1962. AWMM - Tono earned the MM while he was working in La Basse-Ville, part ofWarneton, Belgium (and not France)Public - Dominique GJM - Researcher - 15 October 2025 - DGJM Cooreman: La Basse-Ville 1917: NewZealand Voices from Flanders Fields, p25 and p 378
- THE MILITARY MEDAL
TONO BROWN KAWITI. Tono Brown Kawiti, who distinguished himself by winning the Military Medal during the recent fighting in France, is a descendant of a line of warriors. He is the great grandson on both sides of the old warrior, Kawiti of Ruapekapeka Pa fame, Brown being added when Sir Gore Brown was Governor of New Zealand. He has been on active service over a year, having joined the Expeditionary Forces early in 1916. His home is at Waiomio, near Kawakawa, and the Ruapekapeka Pa overlooks the Maori settlement there.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 256, 26 October 1917, Page 5
- Tono or Tonotu Paraone 1895 -1932 was one of two sons of Hoori (Charlie) Tahua Paraone (Brown). Hoori Tahua was the son of Hirini maihi Paraone.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 1932 Public Source
- Rā i mate ai
- 1931Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
- Pakeke i te matenga
- 28yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
- Wāhi Mate
- NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
- Te momo matenga
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
- Pte. Tono Brown died in 1931 aged 28yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
- 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/R21888891
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130935.html
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
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
p. 32 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
34: 40 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- 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.
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
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