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Reupena Toheriri

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Reupena AWMM
  • Surname
    Toheriri AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Reuben AWMM
    • Rupena Toheriri AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/98 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 June 1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    30 June 1894 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Akuaku, Waipiro Bay, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    son of Enoka TOHERIRI & Te Ao Kauirangi nee' Te HAERE of Waipiro Bay, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Waipiro Bay, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Enoka Toheriri (father), Waipiro Bay, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/98 AWMM
  • Military service
    Mar 1917-Dec 1917 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    • 13 Mar 1917 at Narrow Neck Camp Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    23yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Enoka and Teao Toheriri, of Waipiro Bay, East Coast, New Zealand. Brother of Moetu Toheriri (20735) who died in March 1918. AWMM
    • WAIPIRO BAY.
      The Kings Birthday was gloriously fine, and practically the whole of the people of Waipiro drove or walked to Akuaku, a Maori settlement some two and a-half miles up, the beach. Here two magnificent monuments had been erected by Mr S. J. McMeekin in memory of the three soldier lads who had laid down their lives in the great war. The ceremony of unveiling was impressively performed by the Rev. Pine Tamahori. After the unveiling Mr Tuhere Maraki explained to the pakehas present that the first monument was in honor of Tautuni Maraki, who died on Gallipoli, and the second in honor of the Toheriri brothers, Reupena, who died in France, and Moetu, who was invalided home and died in the Auckland hospital. Mr. Piripi Waipapa thanked the pakehas for the great number who were present to honor the memory of the Maori boys, and regretted that more of their own race were not present. Mr. C. T. MacFarlane, on behalf of ihe pakehas, thanked the preceding speakers for their kind words, and in a neat speech extolled the work of the native race in the cause of the Empire. The Rev. Tamahori acted as interpreter. The singing of the National Anthem brought the proceedings to a close. The visitors were afterwards entertained at dinner in a large marquee erected for the purpose Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15243, 16 June 1920, Page 8
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 December 1917 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Belgium Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Research
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    • Waipiro Bay School's Roll of Honour Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Gisborne Photo News
    • Memorial at Akuaku Urupa, Waipiro Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • 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

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  • whanau always <3 Aro ki te ha..!
    Public - Deniece - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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  • Reupena (Reuben) Toheriri was my maternal grandmother, Raiha (Eliza) Mill (nee Toheriri) brother. Reupena and his brother, Moetu both paid the ultimate sacrifice. Our whanau will acknowledge them at this ANZAC ceremony and we will not forget. Moe mai ra e te rangatira, haere ki to tipuna, haere, haere, haere
    Public - Victor - Other Relative - 15 April 2015
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
25 April 2015DeniecehastingsOther Relative
15 April 2015VictorWellington, New ZealandOther Relative

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