Pouaka Taurua

Forenames

Pouaka AWMM

Surname

Taurua AWMM

Also known as

Boxer AWMM

Service number

• WWI 60806 AWMM
• WWII 801768 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

• Church of England, Christian AWMM
• Ratana AWMM

Birth

1900 Military Personnel File

Address before enlistment

WW1 Oromahoe, Northland AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Miss Iti Taurua (sister), Taumarere, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Single/WWI AWMM
• Married/WWII AWMM
  Taihana Taurua AWMM

War

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

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 60806 AWMM
• WWII 801768 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 03 Apr 1918 AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 Labourer/Civilian Military Personnel File

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 4 May 1919 Military Personnel File Private Military Personnel File
  New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion Military Personnel File
• WW2 14 Jun 1943 Military Personnel File Lance Corporal/Military Military Personnel File

Son of Hone and Ripeka Taurua; husband of Taihana Taurua. Source: Military Personnel File. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24063948
  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.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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].