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Manetoa

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Commemorative Plaque, Tuapa-Uhomutu Returned Soldiers, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Tuapa, Niue Island (Photo P. Haynes 2009) - No known copyright restrictions

Commemorative Plaque, Tuapa-Uhomutu Returned Soldiers, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Tuapa, Niue Island (Photo …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
  • Surname
    Manetoa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Manatoa AWMM
    • P. Manatoa AWMM
    • Manatoa AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1102 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Protestant, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1884 Military personnel file Tuapa, Niue Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Tuapa, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Nuahemotu (wife), Tuapa, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 30 September 1915 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1102 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 14 October 1915 Military personnel file
    Age 31 AWMM
    Settler/Civilian Military personnel file
    Alofi, Niue Military personnel file
  • 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
    • 30 September 1915 AWMMHeight, WWI AWMM
      5 foot 9 inches AWMM
    • 30 September 1915 AWMMWeight, WWI AWMM
      168 pounds AWMM
    • 30 September 1915 AWMMDental, WWI AWMM
      Good AWMM
    • 22 May 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Admitted from France at 2nd General Hospital, London Bronchitis AWMM
    • 14 July 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Invalided to New Zealand on the Arawa AWMM
    • 4 September 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Convalesced at Epsom Convalescent Home, Auckland. Cough and debility AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • He signed the attestation and is listed on memorials in Niue as Manetoa. He is listed on the Nominal Roll Manatoa and at Archives New Zealand as P. Manatoa. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Alofi National Memorial, Niue AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      25: 3 AWMM
    • Pointer, M. (2000). Tagi tote e loto haaku - My heart is crying a little : Niue Island involvement in the Great War, 1914-1918. Alofi, Niue ; Suva, Fiji: Government of Niue ; Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. AWMM
    • Pointer, M. (2015). Niue 1774-1974 : 200 years of conflict and change. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press. AWMM
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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