Pita Tiatoa

Forenames

Pita AWMM

Surname

Tiatoa AWMM

Also known as

Pita Tiatoa AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/363 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1892

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Place of birth

Bay of Islands, NZ

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Birth notes

son of Tiatoa POTI (or Peperi TIATOA) and Ripeka TIATOA

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Ahuahu, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Ripeka Tiatoa (mother), Kaikohe, Te Ahuahu, Bay of Islands, 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 16/363 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Pita Tiatoa was the son of the late Ripeka Tiatoa, of Kaikohe, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: c/o Mr A. Bunyan, Kaihu, Nth Auckld (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

15 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM X. C. 27. AWMM

Obituary

Pte Pita TIATOA of Kaikohe (hapu Te Uri Taniwha, Ngapuhi), who saw action as part of 2/Lt Coupar's platoon in Chailak Dere and at Bauchop's Hill. He survived the 'August Stunt'. In October Tiatoa was evacuated to hospital in England suffering with a septic knee. He rejoined his mates at the Somme in France during September 1916 where he was killed in action

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Memorial name

• Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Waimate North, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22024520
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130797.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/554080/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/554080
  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

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 726
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.