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Te Atua Teieti Taukai Atua

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This photograph was taken on Tiny’s wedding day to his beloved wife, Mary.

Tiny Atua

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Te Atua Teieti Taukai AWMM
  • Surname
    Atua AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Tiny AWMM
    • Taukei AWMM
    • Tuakai Atua AWMM
  • Service number
    • Korea 592973 AWMM
    • Malaya 592973 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / 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
  • Relationship status
    1963 AWMM Single/Malaya AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Mary; father and father-in-law of Lynda and Ed, Cheryl and Bike, Thomas and Donna, Paula and Wayne, Peni and Gio, Raymond and Eve.

    Service held at Vospers Chapel, 257 Devon Street East, New Plymouth

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information in the Death Notice AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 July 2007 AWMM
    Age 73 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Awanui Cemetery, Awanui Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand in the Korean War. New Zealand History online
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
    Further Reference
  • References
    • DECEASED, 1 NZ Regiment, 1961-63 – Internet resource. AWMM
    • 1NZR Roll 1961-1963 - Bill Russell, Malayan Veterans Association Scrapbook – 40th Anniversary edition. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Organisation - New Zealand Army Force - FARELF [Far East Land Forces] - Organisation and formation - [Malaya] [Malaya 1960-1964 1NZIR Repatriation Lists]. Archives New Zealand Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1120 (R22435552) AWMM
      List is intended to post personnel of 1NZ Regt on their retrun to NZ with a range of factors in mind. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 February 2021CarolHavelock NorthOther
15 January 2020Renee Mary LouiseBrisbane, AustraliaDirect descendant

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