Parekura Tureia
Died 23 Nov 1941
- Service number
- WWI 19980 AWMM
- WWII 6179 AWMM
- Also known as
- Turei Parekura AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW2 Captain/Military Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa. 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa.
- War
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Waiheke Tureia and of Ruihana Tureia (nee de Jones) of Gisborne,Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18972240/parekura-p-tureia
- Address before enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Care of Native Department, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW2 Mrs Hinehou Tureia (wife), 11 Lindhurst Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 Mrs Ruahana Paenga (mother), Kahukura, Waiapu, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
- Husband of Hinetiurangi "Tui" Swann.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18972240/parekura-p-tureia
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 19980 AWMM
- WWII 6179 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Clerk/Civilian AWMM
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 23 Apr 1918-18 Jul 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 102 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Sergeant AWMM 28th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM - WW2 Lieutenant/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 23 Apr 1918-18 Jul 1918 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW2 Captain/Military Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa.
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa. - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Waiheke Tureia and of Ruihana Tureia (nee de Jones), of Gisborne; husband of Hinehou Tureia, of Gisborne AWMM
- Poverty Bay Footballers Three prominent Poverty Bay footballers are included among the casualties in the Libyan campaign, according to official advice received by their relatives to-day. Captain Parekura Tureia, of Gisborne, has been reported killed in action with the Maori Battalion. Captain Tureia was an outstanding Rugby footballer. He played for the New Zealand Army team at the close of the 1914-18 war and later for New Zealand Maori teams. He captained the Maori team which toured Australia. In civil life he was an employee of the Native Department, and was a gifted translator.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 July 2023 - DESERT CASUALTIES
AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 289, 6 DECEMBER 1941, PAGE 6
About death
- Death
- 23 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age 44 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 on Active Service AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery AWMM 16. G. 3. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24064200
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24235068
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2058259
Sources Used - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
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
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
p.27 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 2: WW2 189 - Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
- Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
Portrait published in Soutar (2008) - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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.
- HMNZT 102. The port light : N.Z.E.F. 36th Reinfs. : H.M.N.Z.T. Willochra, at sea. [1918]. Auckland, New Zealand: G. Malcolm, printed & bound Abel Dykes Ltd.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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