Hori Takoko
Born 20 May 1896 - Died 24 Dec 1917
- Service number
- WWI 16/740 AWMM
- Also known as
- Hori Takoko AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- Lance CorporalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Hori AWMM
- Surname
- Takoko AWMM
- Ingoa
- —
- Also known as
- Hori Takoko AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/740 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 20 May 1896 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 20 May 1896Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Tikitiki, WaiapuPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Wi and Marara Takoko, of Kohukura, East CoastPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hori-takoko
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Tikitiki, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Wi Takoko (father), Tikitiki, Kahukura, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/740 AWMM
- Military service
- 1915-1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 512811Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 10 July 1915 at TakapunaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 20yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
- LabourerPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force 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
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Hori Takoko was the son of Wi and Marara Takoko, of Kohukura, East Coast, New Zealand.
Next of Kin: Mr Wi Takoko, Kahukura, Et. Coast (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 24 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM I. B. 8. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Sad news reached here that Geoge Takoko. a son of Mr Wi Takoko had been killed in action on 24th December. A tangi is in progress and will probablv last some time.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 September 2024 - COAST NEWS - Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4772, 21 January 1918, Page 2
- Memorial name
- Gisborne's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Research
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823619
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130767.html
Further Reference - 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/480466/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480466
Further Reference - Passchendaele Museum Profile
https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/1468
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 - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 709 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- 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.
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