Hamiora Tunoa

Title

Private

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Forenames

Hamiora AWMM

Surname

Tunoa AWMM

Also known as

• Snowy Lawon AWMM
• Hamiora Roihana AWMM
• Hamiora Tunoa AWMM
• Snowy Lawson
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Service number

WWI 16/125 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Roman Catholic

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Birth

6 Jun 1893 Public Source

Date of birth

6 June 1893

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Place of birth

Te Kaha, Eastern BOP, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Tu Mihaera and Kauha Lawson, of Whakatane

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Tunoa Lawson (father), Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Egyptian - Gallipoli
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/125 AWMM

Military service

1914-1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 513328

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Military training

4th Waikato Mounted Rifles

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 3 Oct 1914 at Whakatane
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Age on enlistment

21yrs 3mths

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for Northern Steamship Company

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Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Apr 1916- Reported Missing believe killed in Action 21 Aug 1915
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Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

• Son of Tu Mihaera and Kauha Lawson, of Whakatane
  
  Next of Kin: Mr T. Lawson, Whakatane E. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
• Father - Tunoa Mihaere Roihana (Lawson)
  Public - B - 23 February 2016 - Descendant of Tunoa
• Mother - Kuaha Lawson
  Public - Beryl - 23 February 2016 - Descendant of Kuaha Lawson

Death

21 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey 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

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22014063
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130809.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/1739343/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1739343
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 737
• 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.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.