Pulu
Born 1892 - Died 26 Jun 1916
- Service number
- WWI 16/1107 AWMM
- Also known as
- Niuloa Pulu AWMM
- N. Hipa AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
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- Surname
- Pulu AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Niuloa Pulu AWMM
- N. Hipa AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1107 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1892 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
- Alofi, Niue IslandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/niuloa-pulu
- Birth notes
- Son of Niuloa and Loise, of Hikutavake, Niue IslandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/niuloa-pulu
- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Vaiata (mother), Alofi, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
Married, two children AWMM - Husband of Vaiata Utulei, of Pago PagoPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/niuloa-pulu
- Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1107 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Settler/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Navua AWMM Sergeant AWMM Rarotongans, Attached B Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, WWI AWMM
5 foot 6.5 inches AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
156 pounds AWMM - Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Pneumonia AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Hipa and Fokitifa.
Four sons, brothers enlisted: Peni (16/1115), Hemu (16/1052), Hipa (16/1053) and Pulu (16/1107) (Pointer 2000, p. 16).
Departed Alofi, Niue Island on 14 October 1915 on board SS Te Anau
Arrived Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand on 19 October 1915 (Pointer 2000, p. 18).
Sailed from Port Said, Egypt, to Marseilles, France, on board SS Canada on 9 April 1916. (Pointer 2000, p. 173)
Sailed from England to New Zealand on board HT Corinthic on 17 June 1916. (Pointer 2000, p. 174)
"Shortly after leaving Dakar en route for Capetown, the second death occurred, this time the brother of Peni, 16/1107 Sergeant Pulu. He also had acute pneumonia. The story is told on Niue that when Peni was being buried the men were told to look away but at the last moment Pulu looked towards his brother and his death followed soon after. However it is not certain that Pulu was even on deck for the burial of his brother. He may well have been below, ill in the ship's hospital." (Pointer 2000, p. 59)
The Auckland Weekly News (5 October 1916, p. 40) incorrectly records him as having died of wounds. AWMM - Mother's name is spelt 'Fukesifa'Public - Esther - Other relative - 26 April 2019 - Family
- Son of Hipa and Fokitifa.
About death
- Death
- 26 Jun 1916 AWMM
Age 32 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- Died at Sea - on route for NZPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 July 2024 - EVENING POST, VOLUME XCII, ISSUE 9, 11 JULY 1916, PAGE 7
- Cause of death
- Died of Sickness AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Wellington Provincial Memorial, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20803366
Further Reference - References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 3 - Pointer, M. (2000). Tagi tote e loto haaku - My heart is crying a little : Niue Island involvement in the Great War, 1914-1918. Alofi, Niue ; Suva, Fiji: Government of Niue ; Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific.
Pointer, M. (2000). pp. 16, 18, 59, 94, 137, 171, 173, 174. - Pointer, M. (2015). Niue 1774-1974 : 200 years of conflict and change. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press.
- 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 - Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- Pulu is my Grand Uncle, brother to my grandfather Niutama Niuloa Tuhega, toa from Hikutavake from NiPublic - Niutama - Other Relative - 22 April 2015 - Direct Decendent
- You are a heroPublic - Hollie,Ellie,Scarlett - Researcher - 31 March 2015 - Thanks
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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