John Ormond

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Ormond AWMM

Also known as

John (Jack) Ormond (aka Tiaki Omana)

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Service number

• WWI 45638 AWMM
• WWII: N/N
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Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

18 Dec 1891 Public Source

Date of birth

18 December 1891

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Place of birth

Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, NZ

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Birth notes

son of George Canning Ormond & Maraea Kiwiwharekete

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Address before enlistment

WWI: Opoutama, Wairoa
WWII: Kini Kini Station, Mahia

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Post war occupation

WWI: Farmer
WWII: Farmer & Politican - won the Labour Party seat for Eastern Maori in 1943

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Next of kin

G.C. Ormond (father), Opoutama, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

WWI: single
1921 married Nellie Airini Elizabeth Perry
1926 married Polly Gemmell
1962 married Rangiwhakio Rarere (née Kemara);

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War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945
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Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 34th Reinforcements
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Service number

• WWI 45638 AWMM
• WWII: N/N
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Military service

WWI: 1917-1919; 1919 Officer Reserves; WWII: 1942-45 Home Guard

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• 24 Jan 1917 at Wairoa
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Age on enlistment

25yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

WWII: Farmer

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Embarkation details

WW1 08 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 100 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 26th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WWI: 2nd Lieutenant
WWII: 2nd Lieutenant

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Death

24 Jun 1970 Public Source

Date of death

24 June 1970

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Age at death

78yrs

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Place of death

Napier, NZ

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Death notes

John Ormond (aka Tiaki Omana) died 24 June 1970 at Napier aged 78yrs and is buried at Mokotahi, Mahia Beach

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Cemetery name

Mokotahi Urupa, Mahia Beach

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Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21382689
  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. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  78: 20
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• The Maltameter [edited by W.H. Gummer] H.M.A.T. 17 "Malta" October and November 1918.
• Epilogue : being a souvenir of our voyage in the s.s. "Rimutaka". As transport HMNZT 296 the "Rimutaka" departed Liverpool 8th November 1919 and arrived Wellington on 5th January 1920.
• 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 100. The link [1918]. Printed by W.H. Smith & Son: London. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 100, 'Ulimaroa'.
• New Zealand General Hospital. (1916). Hohipera journal, 1(1), 1 April 1916.
• Scoullar, J. L., & Barrow, N. J. (Eds.). (1919). Homeward bound: A souvenir of the H.M.N.Z.T. “Ruahine”, November–December 1919. 1NZEF. S. A. Electric Printing Company.