Joseph Tairua

Title

Mr

Public - Wayne - Direct descendant - 10 July 2018 - Whakapapa

Forenames

• Joseph AWMM
• Joseph
  Public - Wayne - Direct descendant - 10 July 2018 - Whakapapa

Surname

• Tairua AWMM
• Tairua
  Public - Wayne - Direct descendant - 10 July 2018 - Whakapapa

Ingoa

Joseph Tairua

Public - Wayne - Direct descendant - 10 July 2018 - Whakapapa

Also known as

• Jo-seph Tairua AWMM
• Joseph Tairua AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/113 AWMM

Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
  Public - Wayne - Direct descendant - 10 July 2018 - Whakapapa

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1891 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Apanui Tairua, of Waiawa, Opotiki,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 November 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/joseph-tairua

Address before enlistment

Waiaua, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Apanui Tairua (father), Waiaua, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/113 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidentally killed on active service AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Apanui Tairua, of Waiaua, Opotiki.

Accidentally killed (aeroplane accident).

Next of Kin: Mr A. Tairua, Opotiki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

13 Feb 1919 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England AWMM C. 382. 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/R7823545
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130764.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/406188/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/406188
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 709
• 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)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.