Jacob Trau

Forenames

Jacob AWMM

Surname

Trau AWMM

Also known as

correct name is Jacob TARAU

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Service number

WWI 60473 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

August 1897

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Place of birth

Te Puna, Tauranga

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Birth notes

Son of Thomas & Maria TARAU

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Address before enlistment

Te Puna, Tauranga

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Next of kin

Thomas Trau (father), Te Puna, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60473 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 31 Dec 1917-25 Feb 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 99 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 25th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Date of death

25th June 1964

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Age at death

66yrs

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Cemetery name

Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatane

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Grave reference

RSA V - Plot 123

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22013121
  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.