Piri Ellison
Born 9 Nov 1888 - Died 10 Mar 1960
- Service number
- WWI 16/265 AWMM
- Also known as
- Pirihana EllisonPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Wellington Cemetery Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- —
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- T/SergeantPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Piri AWMM
- Surname
- Ellison AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Pirihana EllisonPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Wellington Cemetery Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/265 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Religion
- MormanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 9 Nov 1888 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 9 Nov 1888Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- WaikanaePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of John Teone Matapura ELLISON & Ngapera PARATAPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 April 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K159-LQY/bill-pirihana-ellison-1889-1960
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Hera Ellison, Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Hera Ellison (wife), Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- Pre 06 May 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM
- 1919 married Polly TakuPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - BMD NZ Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/265 AWMM
- Military service
- 1914-1919Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory MedalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Driver/Military AWMM
- 30 Sept 1914 at Avondale
13 Nov 1914 at Avondale
6 Feb 1916 at Auckland for the 4th NZ Maori ContingPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 26yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
- —
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM Not known AWMM - WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Aug 1915 - Gunshot wound to arm - invalided home; Sep 1915 invalided homePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
Last known rank
- Last rank
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- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Wounded GS right arm Anzac Cove 9.8.15. Returned to NZ SS Willochra 25.9.15. Returned to duty Auckland, NZ 21.2.16.
2nd deployment ex 1st Maori Contingent A company. Disembarked Suez 26.3.16. Disembarked Southampton 7.8.16. Left Sling for France 20.8.16. Returned NZ SS Westmoreland 6.4.19. Discharged 4.5.19. Served abroad 3yrs 230 days. (Ngati Turanga, R.Waaka, 17.1.21)
SuppNom: Ex 1st Maori Contingent. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 10 Mar 1960 Public Source
- Date of death
- 10 March 1960Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Wellington Cremation/Cemetery records
- Age at death
- 72yrsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 April 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206397486/pirihana-ellison
- 76yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Wellington Cremation/Cemetery records
- 72yrs
- Place of death
- Wellington, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Wellington Cremation/Cemetery records
- Cause of death
- —
- Death notes
- Pirihana Ellison died 10 Mar 1960 aged 76yrs in Wellington - he was crematedPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Wellington Cremation/Cemetery records
- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Hongoeka Urupā, Plimmerton, Porirua, WellingtonPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 April 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206397486/pirihana-ellison
- Grave reference
- Record # 19202Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Wellington Cremation/Cemetery records
- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21000923
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 214 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
31: 26 - New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
- Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
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