Reupena Toheriri
Born 30 Jun 1894 - Died 14 Dec 1917
- Service number
- WWI 16/98 AWMM
- Also known as
- Reuben AWMM
- Rupena Toheriri AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Reupena AWMM
- Surname
- Toheriri AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Reuben AWMM
- Rupena Toheriri AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/98 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Porou, Ngā Iwi o Horouta, Horouta, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 30 Jun 1894 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 30 June 1894Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Place of birth
- Akuaku, Waipiro Bay, East CoastPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Birth notes
- son of Enoka TOHERIRI & Te Ao Kauirangi nee' Te HAERE of Waipiro Bay, East CoastPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Address before enlistment
- Waipiro Bay, East CoastPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Enoka Toheriri (father), Waipiro Bay, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- singlePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Service number
- WWI 16/98 AWMM
- Military service
- Mar 1917-Dec 1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 513200Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- 13 Mar 1917 at Narrow Neck CampPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 23yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
- —
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Jul 1917-16 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 88 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent 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 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Enoka and Teao Toheriri, of Waipiro Bay, East Coast, New Zealand. Brother of Moetu Toheriri (20735) who died in March 1918.
Next of Kin: Mr E. Toheriri, Waipiro Bay, E. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) 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 purposePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15243, 16 June 1920, Page 8
- Son of Enoka and Teao Toheriri, of Waipiro Bay, East Coast, New Zealand. Brother of Moetu Toheriri (20735) who died in March 1918.
About death
- Death
- 14 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
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- Cemetery name
- Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, BelgiumPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Research
- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Memorial at Akuaku Urupa, Waipiro BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Research
- Waipiro Bay School's Roll of HonourPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 January 2016 - Gisborne Photo News
- Memorial at Akuaku Urupa, Waipiro Bay
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- 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
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22016375
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130802.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/1737541/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737541
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
68: 16 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- 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. 5: Includes portrait - 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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