Teweka Te Raina

Title

Private

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Forenames

Teweka AWMM

Surname

Te Raina AWMM

Also known as

• Teweka Te Raina AWMM
• Tiweka Te Raina
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Service number

WWI 16/1389 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1 Jan 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

1 Jan 1892

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Place of birth

Te Kaha

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Birth notes

son of Kingi & Teipo Te Raina

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Address before enlistment

Te Kaha

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Next of kin

Te Raina Kingi (father), Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 4th NZ Maori Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/1389 AWMM

Military service

1917-1918

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 512987

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM
• 9 June 1916 at Narrow Neck
  17 May 1917 at Opotiki
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Age on enlistment

23yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 15 Aug 1917-02 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 92 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 21st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Tuberculosis AWMM
• May 1918 transported home on the ship 'Maheno' and tranfered to the Auckland Hospital
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Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Teweka Te Raina was the son of Kingi Te Raina, of Te Kaha, Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr K. Te Raina, Te Kahi, Opotiki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

15 Jun 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Te Kaha, Opotiki District, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

Opotiki War Memorial

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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

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7824924
  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/643208/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643208
  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.
  70: 31
• 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.
• HMNZT 92. Fresh tracks, or, The wake of the wanderers. (1917). London: Printed by Cassell & Company.