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Tonuia

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Headstone, O'Neills Point Cemetery (photo J. Halpin 2011) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Headstone, O'Neills Point Cemetery (photo J. Halpin 2011) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
  • Surname
    Tonuia AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 84489 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 October 1898 AWMM Nanumea, Tuvalu AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 16 July 1918 AWMM Ellice Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Tanene (mother) Nanumea, Ellice Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 84489 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 16 July 1918 AWMM Native Police/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot, 8 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      190 pounds AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of influenza AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attested in Wellington AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 November 1918 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Devonport, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    O'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122 Bayswater Avenue, Bayswater, North Shore, Auckland AWMM Block F, Plot 130 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Advice has been received from the Commandant, Narrow Neck Camp, Devonport, Auckland, that 84489 Private Tonuia, of the Gilbert Islands Contingent, died there on 5th November, cause of death being influenza.' His next-of-kin is Tanene (mother), Nonmea Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2024 - EVENING POST, VOLUME XCVI, ISSUE 113, 8 NOVEMBER 1918, PAGE 6
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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Contributors

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13 June 2024Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher

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