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Cenotaph record

Tafana

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Nominal Roll 25 , Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
  • Surname
    Tafana AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Tafaua AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1138 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Protestant, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1894 Military personnel file Hakupu, Niue Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Hakupu, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Tagasili (father), Hakupu, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 February 1916 AWMM Single/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 16/1138 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 30 September 1915 Military personnel file 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 8 inches AWMM
    • 30 September 1915 AWMMWeight, WWI AWMM
      165 pounds AWMM
    • 6 April 1916 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Admitted, NZGH, Cairo with bronchial catarrah AWMM
    • 17 June 1916 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Invalided to New Zealand aboard the Corinthic AWMM
    • 1916 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Admitted Epsom Convalescent Home, Auckland AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Name spelled as Tafana on the Nominal Roll and on the Service record and also as Tafaua on the Service record. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1960 Military personnel file
    Apia, Western Samoa Military personnel file
  • 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
    • Hakupu War Memorial, Niue AWMM

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Sources

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