Edward Matapura Erihana

Forenames

Edward Matapura AWMM

Surname

Erihana AWMM

Also known as

Ellison AWMM

Service number

WWI 60845 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

28- 11- 1897

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Place of birth

Puketeraki, Otago

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Birth notes

Son of Te One (John) & Hera (Sally) ELLISON

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Address before enlistment

WW1 448 Leith Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Hera Ellison (mother), Puketeraki, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single
1931 Edward Matapura ELLISON married Maud Eyre TOWNSEND

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War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• Territorial Military Service AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60845 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 20 May 1918 AWMM Law Clerk/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Aug 1918-29 Oct 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 110 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 31st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WW1 7 May 1919 Military personnel file Sapper Military personnel file
New Zealand Engineer Military personnel file

Buried in Puketeraki AWMM

Death

9 Aug 1938 Military personnel file

Age at death

40yrs

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Place of death

Dunedin

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Cemetery name

Puketeraki Cemetery, Dunedin

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Obituary

ELLISON.—On August 9th, 1958, at his residence, 2 City road, Roslyn, Edward Matapura, beloved husband of Maud Eyre Ellison; aged 40 years.—The Funeral will leave his residence, 2 City road, Roslyn, on Thursday, the 11th inst., at 1.30 p.m., for the Puketeraki Cemetery.—Hugh Gourley Ltd., funeral directors

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21001148
  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.
  90: 11
• 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 110 - The Ruahinean review : souvenir of transport 110. Webb, T. Clifton (Thomas Clifton), editor. Flower, E.W., editor. -- On board ship : [Magazine Staff] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1918].