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English Māori

Thomas Matengaro Hetet

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New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. Cultural Permissions may apply.

New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckl …

Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 March 1893 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • H.M. Hetet (father), Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
    • H.M. Hetet (father), Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/445 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
  • 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded 28 June 1916 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded December 1917, multiple gunshot wounds, shrapnel in left thigh AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served 19 October 1914 - 4 May 1919; 4 years 199 days

    Was well under age at the time of enlistment for WW1.

    Promoted Lieutenant 21 November 1914

    Prominent in the RSA

    Service record states he held the rank of Lieutenant at discharge AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 January 1960 AWMM
    Age 64 AWMM
    Te Kuiti, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • I once shared a room with Uncle Duke at aunty June's place. He had many nightmares. As a kid I thought he looked like Mr Magic. With love
    Public - Ata - 17 April 2015
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  • A grandfather who fought with pride for King & Country, a grandfather who I never knew but whom I knew him through Thomas's son - Achi (named after a hill in Gallipoli - Achi Baba).
    Public - Graeme - Other Relative - 15 April 2015
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17 April 2015AtaWellingtonOther
15 April 2015GraemeTauranga, NZOther Relative
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