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George Morgan

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Private G. Morgan, Maori Contigent, wounded. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 2 December 1915 p041. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19151202-41-27. No known copyright.

Private G. Morgan, Maori Contigent, wounded. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 2 …

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Forenames
    George AWMM
  • Surname
    Morgan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Whare Reihana AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/279 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Wesleyan Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Miltiary Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 July 1891 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    5 July 1891 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Mrs Raiha Reihana Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Raiha Morgan, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptain - Gallipoli & Mudros, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/279 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1918 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Military Record
  • 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
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    23yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 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
    • Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service AWMM
    • Suffered GSW and compound fracture to Right Leg and was transported home to Blenheim Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Miltitary record

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Reihana and Raiha Kooti, of Rangitukia, East Cape.

      Listed at Archives New Zealand as MORGAN, George - [a.k.a. REIHANA, Whare] - WW1 16/279 - Army

      Next of Kin: Mrs R. Morgan, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
    • Sept 1915 - Amongst the members of the Maori Contingent, recently reported killed in action were Whare Baker of Waipiro Bay, Rawiri Taewa of Tuparoa, and Hauraki Waiti Waipiro Bay, whilst Hori N. Te Awarau, who died of pneumonia, also belonged to Waipiro Bay. Private George Morgan, wounded, is a relative of Mrs Raiha Morgan, of Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13801, 29 September 1915, Page 4
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 November 1918 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Blenheim, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Omaka Cemetery Records, Marlborough, NZ
  • Cause of death
    Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Plot, Row B, Grave 2. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
    New Cemetery Divison No 1; Block 15; Plot 142; Key 2777; Warrant # 46978 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Omaka Cemetery Records, Marlborough, NZ
  • Obituary
    Private George Morgan, 16/279, a discharged soldier, died on the 28th November. Deceased was 27 years of age, and single, his next-of-kin being Mrs. Raiha Morgan, Gisborne. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 February 2016 - Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 141, 11 December 1918, Page 7
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • 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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  • Brother of my grandfather Te Kareti Reihana and his brother his brother Rutene Reihana who also served in WW1. Assumed the surname of Morgan from his grandfathers uncle, Mokena (Morgan) Kohere.
    Public - Maraea - Other relative - 20 October 2015
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14 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
20 October 2015MaraeaWellington, New ZealandOther relative

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