Etera Saddler Ahuriri
Born 27 Jun 1894 - Died 17 May 1981
- Service number
- WWI 16/562 AWMM
- Also known as
- Etera Ahuriri AWMM
- Etera Ahuriri AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Inter War Private AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Etera Saddler AWMM
- Surname
- Ahuriri AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Etera Ahuriri AWMM
- Etera Ahuriri AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/562 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 27 Jun 1894 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 29 Jan 1915 AWMM C/o Lady Carroll, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Unknown AWMM C/o Lady Carroll, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Rukeruke Ahuriri, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Rukeruke Ahuriri, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- Pre 06 May 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
- Husband of Ti Mohea AhuririPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 February 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Etera-Ahuriri/6000000069003844839
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/562 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 29 Jan 1915 AWMM Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B 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
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 9.5 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
152 pounds AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Gallipoli bronchitis and dysentery AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Convalescence in New Zealand AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Diagnosed with chronic pulmonary disease 1919 AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Inter War 24 Jun 1919 AWMM
No longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service AWMM
Private AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Served 4 years 147 days.
Nephew of Lady Carroll
There is a reference to Etra Ahuriri in the letters of Trooper R.J. Newton, copies of which are held in the Museum Library.
Another listed with this service number BABBINGTON, Hatea - WW1 16/562 - Army
SuppNom: Ex 1st Maori Contingent. AWMM - Private E. Ahuriri left with the same draft as the previous soldier (Main Body of Maori Reinforcements) and also was on Gallipoli and rendered a lengthy service in France until he contracted illness owing to the strenuous climatic conditionsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 February 2024 - SOLDIERS HOME AGAIN.
POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLVI, ISSUE 14824, 30 JANUARY 1919, PAGE 4
- Served 4 years 147 days.
About death
- Death
- 17 May 1981 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
- 56yrsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 February 2024 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- taruheru Cemetery, GisbornePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 February 2024 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
- Grave reference
- Block 40 Plot 482Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 February 2024 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269543
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
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
- 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".
- 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: 6 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
31: 26 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- 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. 5: Includes portrait - New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- 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.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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