Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Charlie Iotua Tuarau Born 14 October 1912 - Died 1996 PDF Key details Service numberWWII 617160 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesCharlie Iotua AWMM SurnameTuarau AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWII 617160 AWMM GenderMale AWMM IwiIwi Māori AWMM Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth14 October 1912 AWMM Aitutaki, Cook Islands AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentWW2 Arts and Crafts School, Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationMaster carver/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationWW2 Mrs N.E. Tuarau (wife), 78 Happy Valley Road, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusMarried AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWII 617160 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Wood carver/Civilian AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Worked for 30 years at the National Museum (Te Papa’s predecessor) as a master carver.His son Gerald Tuarau (grandson and namesake of Gerald Joseph Rooney, WW1 Main Body (15/78)), won one of 22 places among the official Kiwi contingent who went to Gallipoli, Turkey for the 2010 Anzac Day commemorations. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death1996 AWMM New Zealand AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Charlie Iotua Tuarau by laying a poppy. Ethel Margaret Tuapawa James Tuapawa Charlie Iotua Tuarau G. I. Tuarau Charles Tuatara Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Charlie Iotua Tuarau Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file 1940-1947 http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20952054 Further Reference Alexander Turnbull Library: Charles Tuarau with the tekoteko he carved for the meeting house at Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Photograph taken in 1959 by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/view/action/ieViewer.do?from_proxy=true&dps_pid=IE377803&dps_custom_att_1=tapuhi&dps_dvs=1302132889397~710&dps_pid=IE377803&change_lng=en Further Reference Alexander Turnbull Library: Charles Tuarau, master carver at the National Museum, showing a group of Cook Islanders the meeting house Te Hau Ki Turanga. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 9th of April 1976. http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/view/action/ieViewer.do?from_proxy=true&dps_pid=IE472109&dps_custom_att_1=tapuhi&dps_dvs=1302133159589~265&dps_pid=IE472109&change_lng=en Further Reference Te Papa : biography and model pataka he carved. http://tpo.tepapa.govt.nz/ViewTopicExhibitDetail.asp?TextSize=Medium&Language=English&ExhibitID=TOLM_E10 Further Reference Maori Woodcarvers: 19th-20th Century Individual Maori Woodcarvers and Their Known Works by Roger Neich http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subject-guides/maori/guides/maoricarvers_1.htm#Introduction Further Reference DocumentsSecond New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 15: WW2 143 AWMM Hawke's Bay Today AWMM Moroney, R. (17 April, 2010). Anzac journey honours family. Hawkes Bay Today. AWMM Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
