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Te Whitu Turei

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 75), Page: 48 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 75), Page: 48 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Te Whitu AWMM
  • Surname
    Turei AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20044 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 February 1895 AWMM Ruatoki, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Hiria Turei (mother), Ruatoki, New Zealand 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 20044 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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

Embarkations

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • One of the 50 Tuhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Ngāti Rongo. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn.20044, 23rd Reinforcements Māori Contingent, embarked in Wellington 22-Nov-1917 for Liverpool, England. Wounded Oct 1918. Labourer, next of kin - Turei (father), Hiria Turei (mother) Ruatoki, b. 28-Feb-1895 Ruatoki, dcd 27-Oct-1931 Tauarau aged 36Y (Charles Timutimu Research Project).

    Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07."At a sitting of the Commission at Ruatoki in April last it was stated that a number of the Urewera Natives sold their lands prior to enlisting for the war; those who returned now find themselves landless, and they ask that the Crown give them land so that they may not be a burden on the members of their families." Turei was listed as one of these men. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    27 October 1931 AWMM
    Ruatoki, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • 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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    Anzac Hall, Te Rewarewa Marae, Ruatoki AWMM

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  • Moe mai ra e taku koroua. E kore koe e warewaretia e to whanau whanui na to mokopuna
    Public - Tane Te Whitu - Direct descendant - 27 April 2017
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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/R22014087
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      75: 48 AWMM
    • Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. AWMM
      Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07. AWMM
    • Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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27 April 2017Tane Te WhituWhakatane, New ZealandDirect descendant

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