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Tauri Paora

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

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tauri AWMM
  • Surname
    Paora AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/408 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1886 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 July 2024 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Paora (Paul) Tokoahu of Tokaanu, Lake Taupo Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 July 2024 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Tokoahu Paora, Taupo, New Zealand AWMM
    • Paora Tokoahu, Taupo, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/408 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • SuppNom: Ex 1st Maori Contingent. AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery name
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Tauri PAORA died in 1st August 1953 in Rotorua aged 67yrs
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 July 2024
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  • Tauri Paora, was my grandmothers brother. According to family he never married. He lived his life out, surrounded by his nieces and nephews, on the shores of Lake Taupo at Waitetoko.
    Public - Dawn Te Aurere - Direct descendant - 23 July 2017
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  • I feel sorry for you koro
    Public - Joanne christine - Sibling - 20 November 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 562 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      31: 26 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • 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". AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 July 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
23 July 2017Dawn Te AurereTauranga New ZealandDirect descendant
20 November 2015Joanne christineNzSibling

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