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Paratene Taumatangi

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/361 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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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

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - MilitaryRecord
  • Forenames
    Paratene AWMM
  • Surname
    Taumatangi AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/361 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - MilitaryRecord

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 June 1886 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    2 June 1886 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Waikato, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    son of Paratene Kapa Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Kao, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Paratene Kapa (father), Te Kao, North Auckland, 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
    Egyptian - Gallipoli Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/361 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1916 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Military record
  • 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
    28yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Miltiary Record

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    • Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 October 1925 Public Source
  • Date of death
    6 October 1925 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Miltiary Record - Notification of Dead
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Te Kao, Northland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Miltiary Record - Notification of Dead
  • Cause of death
    Pneumonia Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Miltiary Record - Notification of Dead
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Te Kao Urupa Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Miltiary Record - Notification of Dead
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7823988
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 711 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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24 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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