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Itemaela

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
  • Surname
    Itemaela AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Itimaera AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 84491 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1896 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Tabiteuea, Gilbert Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Police Officer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Tonaun (father), Tabiteuea, Gilbert Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 84491 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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 8 1/2 in AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      171 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW1 6 August 1919 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Military Personnel File contains correspondence regarding entitlement for the issue of medals. AWMM

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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Roll of Honour

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  • Itemaera ao Utuu, I wish you had received the medal you deserved for volunteering. In your life you lived through two World Wars. May your descendants carry your honour high and remember your name always. Te Mauri, te Raoi ao te Tabomoa.
    Public - Margaret - Self - 21 January 2022
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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/R18052304
    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.158 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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21 January 2022MargaretBritish ColumbiaSelf

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