Ngatapiri Orehua Tonihi

Forenames

Ngatapiri Orehua AWMM

Surname

Tonihi AWMM

Also known as

• Ngatapira AWMM
• Ngatapiri Tonihi AWMM
• John
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Service number

WWI 19389 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

22 Sept 1895 AWMM

Place of birth

Whakarewarewa

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Birth notes

Son of TONIHI & Putiputi

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Address before enlistment

Whaka. Rotorua

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Next of kin

Mrs Iwa Tonihi (wife), Whakarewarewa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 31 Dec 1917 AWMM Married AWMM
• Married 1915 - Iwa Loffley
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19389 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 03 Sep 1917 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 31 Dec 1917-25 Feb 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 99 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 25th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WW1 4 May 1919 AWMM Private AWMM

Death

11 Aug 1958 AWMM
Age  63 AWMM

Cemetery

Rotorua Cemetery and Crematorium, 160 Sala Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM Block 6 Section RSA Plot 148 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Rotorua District cemetery records
  http://www.rdc.govt.nz/our-services/cemetery-services/Onlincemeterysearch/Pages/default.aspx
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22012795
  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

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  76: 23
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• HMNZT 99 - Te huia : the magazine of the 33rd Reinforcement. Printed and published by the Argus Printing Company for the Executive Committee of "Te Huia," 33rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1918.