Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Rewi AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Tangiora AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Rewi Tangiora AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/1460 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

• Circa 1883 AWMM
• 1883 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

1883

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

• Son of Hape Wharekete Tangiora & Hera Inumia nee Toheriri
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• son of Hapeta Tangiora
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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Opoutama, Mahia

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Uri kiritahi

• Hapeta Tangiora (father), Mahia, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Hape Wharekete Tangiora (father)
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Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Widower
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• single
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Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western European

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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Nama Hōia

WWI 16/1460 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1916-1918

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Plaque & Scroll issued
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• British War medal
  Victory Medal
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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Stationhand/Civilian AWMM
• 25 Feb 1916 at Narrow Neck
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

32yrs

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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

Tuhinga hauora

• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
• Feb 1917 sick, infected Leg & Foot: Aug 1917 Influenza/Pneumonia; Nov 1917 Invalided home
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Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Rewi Tangiora was the son of Hapeta Tangiora, of Opoutama, Mahia, New Zealand.

Brothers Tere Hape, Hona Hape, Brougton (Paratene) Tangiora and Rewi Tangiora served in WWI. Only Paratene returned. Tere and Hone took the first name of their father as their surname and Brougton and Rewi the Tangiora ingoa.

Next of Kin: Mr H. Tangiora, Mahia, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

20 Dec 1919 AWMM
Age  44 AWMM

Pakeke i te matenga

39yrs

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Wāhi Mate

Mahia, Hawke's Bay, NZ

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Te momo matenga

• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM
• Pneumonia (contracted while on Active Service from exposure)
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Tuhipoka mō te matenga

Rewi Tangiora died 20 Dec 1919 in Mahia, aged 39yrs

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Urupā

urupa, Te Urupa o Potiki, Mahia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Ingoa o te urupā

Te Urupa O Putiki Maori Cemetery, Mahia

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823730
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130884.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643748/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643748
  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. (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.
• 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.