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Cenotaph record

Karere Tekiau

  • Service number
    WWI 84486 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Tekiau Karere AWMM
    • Te Kiau Karere AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
    WW1 Private AWMM
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Karere AWMM
  • Surname
    Tekiau AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Tekiau Karere AWMM
    • Te Kiau Karere AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 84486 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1889 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Tabiteuea AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Tokintekai (brother) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 84486 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Police Officer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5 ft 7 in AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      142 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW1 7 August 1919 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R18055454
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
      p.214 AWMM
    • Liava'a, C. (2015).Taan Buaka Mai Nukan Te Betebeke: Men from the Central Pacific Islands in the Great War Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia. AWMM

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