Tuheke Matenga

Title

Private

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Forenames

Tuheke AWMM

Surname

Matenga AWMM

Also known as

• Tuche AWMM
• Tuehe Matenga AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/810 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1895 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Karepa and Matire III Matenga

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Address before enlistment

Pre 30 Jun 1915 AWMM Muriwai, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Matire Matenga (mother), Muriwai, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• Egyptian & Egyptian EF
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion & Otago Infantry
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Service number

WWI 16/810 AWMM

Military service

• New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
• Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM
• 1915-1918
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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll # 508916

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Enlistment

• WW1 30 Jun 1915 AWMM
• 8 July 1915 at Takapuna
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Age on enlistment

20yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  29 May 1916 Tuheke Matenga was wounded in action, receiving gunshot wounds to his head, arms and legs. After a week at No.22 General Hospital at Camiers, he was evacuated to England on 6 June. (Church, p.93) AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Received a gunshot wound to his finger, which required amputation. After a spell in hospital he returned to Hornchurch for convalescence. (Church, p.94) AWMM
• Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
  Drowned AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

"Tuheke's final posting took place on 24 April 1918 when he marched into the New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot at Christchurch, near Bournemouth. One will never know what happened during his final hours, but he was found drowned in the River Stour at Christchurch on 14 May 1918." (Church, p.94)

Tuheke is spelled Tuehe in the nominal rolls.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Matenga, Opoutima Hawkes Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

14 May 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 1, Grave 17 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21373607
  Further Reference
• No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
  http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/362590/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/362590
  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

• Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 491
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.