Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Falaoa Born 1896 - Died 27 September 1941 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 16/1044 AWMM Also known asFrank Falaoa AWMM Tosene AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Private Military personnel file New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Nominal Roll 25 , Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title Forenames SurnameFalaoa AWMM Ingoa Also known asFrank Falaoa AWMM Tosene AWMM Service numberWWI 16/1044 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionProtestant, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth1896 Military personnel file Avatele, Niue Military personnel file Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentWW1 Pre 2 October 1915 AWMM Avatele, Niue AWMM Post war occupationLabourer/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationWW1 Tosene (father), Avetele, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM WW1 Tosene (father), Avatele, Niue AWMM Relationship status1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1914-1919 Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) AWMM 1914-1919 Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) AWMM 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 16/1044 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsBritish War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 1 October 1915 Military personnel file Settler/Civilian Military personnel file Alofi, Niue Military personnel file Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 05 Feb 1916-15 March 1916 Military personnel file from Auckland, New Zealand Military personnel file to Suez, Egypt Military personnel file HMNZT 44 Military personnel file Vessel was Navua AWMM Private Military personnel file Rarotongans, Attached B Company Military personnel file 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes1 October 1915 AWMMHeight, WWI AWMM 5 foot 6.75 inches AWMM 1 October 1915 AWMMWeight, WWI AWMM 144 pounds AWMM 1 October 1915 AWMMDental, WWI AWMM Good AWMM 18 April 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM Admitted, 12th Casualty Clearing Station, in the Field, France flat feet. AWMM 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM Admitted hospital in England, including Hornchurch AWMM 31 August 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM Invalided to NZ on the HS Marama AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 8 December 1916 AWMM No longer physically fit for war service AWMM Private Military personnel file New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Husband of Eligi.Named as Frank Falaoa on by BDM, deaths, his deatrh notice and burial details.Correspondence dated July 1948 filed on his Military personnel file, suggests other names Tosene; Dawson Falaoa; Falaoa Tosene. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death27 September 1941 Military personnel file Age 45 AWMM Auckland Hospital, Auckland Military personnel file Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryWaikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Burial G Row 4, Plot 35 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference ObituaryDeath notice: New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24082, 29 September 1941, Page 1 AWMM Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAlofi National Memorial, Niue AWMM Avatele War Memorial, Niue AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Falaoa by laying a poppy. Patrick Joseph Fake William Harry Fake Falaoa Dawson Falaoa Bernard Ferdinand Falck Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Falaoa Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21001820 Sources Used Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 29 September 1941, Page 1 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19410929.2.5 Sources Used Avatele War Memorial, Niue http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/avatele-war-memorial-niue Further Reference Alofi National Memorial, Niue http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/alofi-national-memorial-niue Further Reference Pacific Islanders in NZEF. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef Further Reference Vekula-Moonen,M (2018) Granddaughter Public - Mel - Direct descendant - 15 July 2018 - melb@globe.net.nz DocumentsNew 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 Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 15 July 2018MelKapiti Coast NZDirect descendant The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
