English Māori Pirimi Pererika Tahiwi Born 16 September 1890 - Died 1 July 1969 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 16/304 AWMM WWII 802676 AWMM Also known asPirimi Perarika AWMM Prim AWMM Pirimi Tahiwi AWMM Pirimi Tawhiti AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankInter War Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM WW2 Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Army instructional Unit, Papakura Military Camp AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Unknown, photographer (1914-1918). Five service personnel on board RMS Rotorua. Pirimi Tahiwi first … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesPirimi Pererika AWMM SurnameTahiwi AWMM Ingoa Also known asPirimi Perarika AWMM Prim AWMM Pirimi Tahiwi AWMM Pirimi Tawhiti AWMM Service numberWWI 16/304 AWMM WWII 802676 AWMM GenderMale AWMM IwiNgāti Whakaue AWMM Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth16 September 1890 AWMM AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 1914 AWMM Otaki, New Zealand AWMM Pre 1939 AWMM Otaki, New Zealand AWMM Unknown AWMM Otaki, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationSchool teacher/Civilian AWMM Prominent in Maori language and culture education AWMM President of Poneke Maori tribal committee/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationRawiri Rota Tahiwi (father), Otaki, New Zealand AWMM Rawiri Rota Tahiwi (father), Otaki, New Zealand AWMM Rawiri Rota Tahiwi (father), Otaki, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM Pre 26 July 1917 AWMM Single AWMM Unknown AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM World War 2/wars AWMM France and Germany (TBC) AWMM Created during migration for ww2 records that were listed as western front and need to be corrected AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 16/304 AWMM WWII 802676 AWMM Military service7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment AWMM WW2 Army instructional Unit AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsBritish War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal AWMM War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 1914 AWMM Teacher/Civilian AWMM AWMM WW1 1939 AWMM Teacher/Civilian AWMM AWMM WW2 Unknown AWMM Retired/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 14 Feb 1915-26 March 1915 AWMM from AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Captain/Military AWMM A Company AWMM Not known AWMM WW1 26 Jul 1917-24 September 1917 AWMM to Plymouth, Devon AWMM HMNZT 90 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Captain/Military AWMM 20th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM 2nd Embarkation AWMM WW2 Captain (Adjutant 28th (Maori) Battalion) AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM Wounded 1915 AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankInter War 1 May 1919 AWMM End of war AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM WW2 1 August 1943 AWMM Posted to retirement list AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Army instructional Unit, Papakura Military Camp AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Husband of Mrs Mairatea Tahiwi nee Pitt-Porou, Ngata Awa, (MBE, 1954) whom he married in 1943.Brother of Henare Tahiwi (16/298)Together with Harry Dansey introduced the haka 'Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora' on the Gallipoli hillsLed the New Zealand troops through London after WW1 to a service at Westminster Abbey considered the first ANZAC serviceWorld War II he served with the army instructional staff AWMM A Gallipoli Soldier Rememberedtahiwiweb 151x300 Voices From The Past 25th of April is a date still deep-rooted in the memory of all New Zealanders. It symbolises the start of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign but also the enduring day in history, known as Anzac Day. It was a campaign with a casualty rate of 7500 Kiwi troops injured, and 2721 killed. Amongst those who were wounded was a school teacher and Maori All Black; Captain Pirimi Tahiwi. His medals are on display in the National Army Museum’s Medal Repository.In June 1915, Tahiwi sailed to Gallipoli and on the 6th of August he and Captain Roger Dansey led a company in the battle of Sari Bair. For this attack Tahiwi and Dansey led their men in the famous Te Rauparaha’s haka, ‘Ka mate, ka ora, ka ora’ war cry as they set about clearing Turkish trenches. Unfortunately, the next day Captain Pirimi Tahiwi was shot in the neck and was evacuated to a hospital in England. He became one of the 89 Maori wounded in the attack. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 September 2015 - http://www.armymuseum.co.nz/kiwis-at-war/voices-from-the-past/ Read more Death About death Contribute › DeathJul 1969 AWMM Age 78 AWMM AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryRangiatea Church Cemetery, Te Rauparaha Street, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference ObituaryObituary: Evening Post 31 July 1969 p.15 AWMM Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Pirimi Pererika Tahiwi by laying a poppy. Henare Kima Tahiwi Kingi Te Aho Aho Gilling Tahiwi Pirimi Pererika Tahiwi Whatumairangi Apera Hama Tahiwi Charles Tahourdin Lay a poppy for 2020 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Pirimi Pererika Tahiwi Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects A. G. Macdonald Album 2 Library / Pictorial › photography PH-ALB-546 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file 1914 - 1946 http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20951574 Further Reference Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz Sources Used Roll of Honour. (1915, August 27). Evening Post, p. 2. Retrieved from Papers Past. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Sources Used Dictionary of New Zealand Biography http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies Sources Used Obituary: Te Ao Hou, 1970, no. 68 p. 3. URL: http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao68TeA/c1.html Obituary Photograph: Among the Anzac veterans 1965 who returned to Gallipoli for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the original landing were Captain Pirimi Tahiwi and Mrs Tahiwi (Te Ao Hou photos below, far left and centre), Mr Jack Hiroti (see photo below, right) and Mr Wati Barclay http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/image/Mao51TeA/Mao51TeA030.html Further Reference Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Essay. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/DNZB/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=4T1 Further Reference Te Ao Hou 1965 no. 51 June p. 28. http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao51TeA/c12.html Further Reference Anzac: Sights and Sounds of World War I http://anzacsightsound.org/audios/no-bayonet-needed-e-hara-te-peneti-i-mau Further Reference Ferguson, S. (23 April 2015). 'The haka did the trick'. RNZ. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/271343/'the-haka-did-the-trick' Further Reference DocumentsTaylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 708 AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 69: 38 AWMM The Evening Post AWMM Obituary: Evening Post 31 July 1969 p.15 AWMM New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM Macdonald, A. G. (1915) A. G. Macdonald Album 2. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-ALB-546. 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 04 September 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher 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
