Tuhe Rini Matia

Forenames

Tuhe Rini AWMM

Surname

Matia AWMM

Also known as

TuheRini Matia AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/1285 AWMM
• WWI 16/1295 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

18th Aucgust 1895 (actually 1899)

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Place of birth

Waiharara, North Auckland

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Birth notes

Son of Rini and Pow Matia, of Waiharara, North Auckland

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Address before enlistment

P.O. Waiharara

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Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Meynell (mother), Waikarara, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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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

Enlistment

WW1 Gum digger/Civilian AWMM

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

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

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

Death

1 Sept 1917 AWMM
Age  18 AWMM

Place of death

Auckland Hospital

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Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Kaimaumau Cemetery, Far North District, New Zealand AWMM

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

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

Related objects

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

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.