Te Kakama Turu

Forenames

Te Kakama AWMM

Surname

Turu AWMM

Service number

• WWI 84741 AWMM
• WWI N/N AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1893 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 15 Jul 1918 AWMM Kaitupeka, Taringamotu, Taumarunui, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 84741 AWMM
• WWI N/N AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 15 Jul 1918 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 4 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  154 pounds AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died from influenza, septic pneumonia AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit, Maori Reinforcements AWMM

Te Kakama Turu was the son of Mrs Mara Matena, of Taringamotu, Taumarunui, New Zealand.

Listed at Archives New Zealand as N/N

Next of Kin: Mrs Matena, Taringamutu, Tamarania (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

7 Nov 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Taringamotu, 200M West of Kaitupeka Marae, Ngakonui, Ruapehu, New Zealand AWMM

Cemetery name

Taringamotu Māori Cemetery, Taringamotu, Ruapehu

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 November 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174252495/te_kakama-turu

Memorial name

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/R22014398
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643245/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643245
  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

• 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.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.