Te Kuru Kaanga

Forenames

Te Kuru AWMM

Surname

Kaanga AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/511 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1892

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 February 2025 - Military Record

Place of birth

Raetihi

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 February 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Poreti TUROA (mother) of Raetihi
His Grandfather was Hohepa KAWANA of Raetihi

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 February 2025 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Taonui, Raetihi, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Poreti Turoa, Raetihi, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/511 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Husband of W. K. Kaanga. Served in Egypt, 1915-16.

Next of Kin: Mr P. Turoa, Raetihi, King Country (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

25 Jun 1919 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Raetihi Maori Cemetery, Ruapehu District, New Zealand AWMM

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/R18055187
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130860.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643737/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643737
  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.
  Vol1: 381
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.
• 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.