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John Timiuha

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Portrait of Private John Timiuha of Ohau, of the New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion. Image kindly provided by Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19170712-40-21.

Portrait of Private John Timiuha of Ohau, of the New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion. Image kindly …

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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    28th August 1894 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Ohau Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Ohau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Whawhai Nataua (stepsister), Ohau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/303 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. Surname misspelt as Timuiha in Nominal Roll, correct spelling is Timiuha.

    Killed in action 7 June 17. Buried Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe, Belgium. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, Nord, France AWMM III. A. 15. AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 728 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry). AWMM

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31 August 2024Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher

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