Tuhe Rini Matia
Died 1 Sept 1917
- Service number
- WWI 16/1285 AWMM
- WWI 16/1295 AWMM
- Also known as
- TuheRini Matia AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- 18th Aucgust 1895 (actually 1899)Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Waiharara, North AucklandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Rini and Pow Matia, of Waiharara, North AucklandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- P.O. WaihararaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs Meynell (mother), Waikarara, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1285 AWMM
- WWI 16/1295 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Gum digger/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Tuhe Matia was the son of Rini and Pow Matia, of Waiharara, North Auckland, New Zealand.
Next of Kin: Mrs Meynell, Waikarara (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2))
Service number listed as 12/2885 in Onward Project volume 5. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 1 Sept 1917 AWMM
Age 18 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- Auckland HospitalPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record
- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Kaimaumau Cemetery, Far North District, New Zealand AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Private Tuh Matia (16/1285) 19 years of age of the 3rd. Maori Contingent who returned to New Zealand by the Marama suffering from the effects of gas and weak lungs died in the Auckland Hospital on September Ist. The late soldier’s mortal remains were brought to his home at Waiharara and buried there on Friday last with Military Honours. A firing party, under Staff Sergeant Major Milne, front the Wireless Cnard were present. Mr. F. J. Hagger snr. conducted the Ceremony and was also good enough to provide the firing party with light refreshments.
Fate rarely grants us what we crave
Betwixt the cradle and the grave.
Anticipating boons to come
Makes phantom happiness for some ;
But when with croup a child lies sick
Relief is always needed quick—
Wise parents such relief assure
By purchasing Woods’ Peppermint Cure.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 May 2025 - MILITARY FUNERAL.
Northland Age, Volume 15, Issue 1, 13 September 1917, Page 3 - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643198/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643198
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21373773
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
- A Street Near You record
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 2 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- 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. 5: Includes portrait - 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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