John Joseph Savage

Forenames

John Joseph AWMM

Surname

Savage AWMM

Service number

WWI 19883 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngā Iwi o Te Arawa, Te Arawa, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Iwi o Tākitimu, Tākitimu, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Roman Catholic

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Place of birth

Matata, BOP, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Matthew & Kawa Savage, of Matata

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Address before enlistment

Wairoa, Hawke's Bay

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Next of kin

M. Savage (father), Matata, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 20 Reinforcements NZ Maori Pioneer Btn
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Service number

WWI 19883 AWMM

Military service

1917-1918

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Medals and Awards

Brtish War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 7 April 1917 at Wairoa
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Age on enlistment

20yrs (birthdate not known)

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Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1917-24 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 90 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr M. Savage, Matata, Bay of Plenty (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

2 Mar 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM VIII. B. 6. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20809764
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• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130751.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/399703/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/399703
  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. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  69: 38
• 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)
• HMNZT 90. Te karere : the message : H.M.N.Z.T. no. 90. [1917].
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.