Joseph Leef

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Joseph AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Leef AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 69770 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

11th November 1889

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 February 2025 - Military Record

Wāhi Whānau

Whirinaki

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 February 2025 - Military Record

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Robert and Isabella Leef, of Whirinaki, Hokianga

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 February 2025 - Military Record

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Manutahi Hotel, Ruatorea

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 February 2025 - Military Record

Uri kiritahi

R. Leef (father), Whirinaki, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 69770 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Contractor/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 02 May 1918 AWMM
Balmoral Castle 2 May 1918 AWMM Vessel was Balmoral Castle AWMM Bombardier/Military AWMM 38th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Pulmonary tuberculosis AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Bombardier/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Son of Robert and Isabella Leef, of Whirinaki

Next of Kin: Mr R. Leef, Whirinaki, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Matenga

2 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of Disease AWMM

Urupā

urupa, Tongariro urupa, Vujcichs Road, Whirinaki, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, 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/R10918763
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage - Kohukohu First World War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643181/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643181
  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

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  83: 15
• Leaf, J.M. (1990). Leaf family reunion, 1832-1990. Kaikohe, N.Z.: Author.
• 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.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.