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James Poutawera

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PTE. JAS. POUTAWERA, of Te Kuiti, Killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 21 March 1918 p041. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19180321-41-37. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

PTE. JAS. POUTAWERA, of Te Kuiti, Killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Poutawera AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20743 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Thomas Hira Poutawera (brother), Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 20743 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Quarryman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of H and Ani Poutawera AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    18 December 1917 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM III. O. 1. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Waimate North, Northland AWMM

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  • Remembering you and the sacrifice you made for your country from the Poutawera what a.
    Public - John Rahiri - Other Relative - 11 April 2015
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11 April 2015John RahiriWellington New ZealandOther Relative

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