Taurangi Rota

Forenames

Taurangi AWMM

Surname

Rota AWMM

Service number

WWI 60546 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Manawa (Mataatua), Ngā Iwi o Mataatua, Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

13th December 1895

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Place of birth

Murupara

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Address before enlistment

Murupara, Rotorua

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Next of kin

Mrs Kapekape Rota (wife), Murupara, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Married 1916 - Husband of Kape ROTA (Maori Custom)
Father of 1 child

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60546 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

One of the 50 Tūhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Ngāti Manawa, Ngāi Tokowaru. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn 60546, 26th Reinforcements Māori Contingent, embarked 8-Feb-1918 for Liverpool England. Labourer, next of kin - Mrs Kapekape Rota (wife), Murupara; dcd. 1965 age 68Y (Charles Timutimu Research Project). AWMM

Death

1965 AWMM
Age  68 AWMM

Date of death

12th July 1965

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Age at death

68yrs

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20808159
  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
• Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918.
• 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.