Forenames

Matene Rangiamohia AWMM

Surname

Duff AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/373 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

27th May 1894

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 July 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

• Place of birth is Tokaanu not Tokaanui
  Public - Christian - Other relative - 17 April 2026 - Family records
• Tokaanui
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 July 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Maj. G. J. B. and Rangiamohia Duff, of Tokaanu, Lake Taupo,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/matene-rangiamohia-duff

Address before enlistment

WW2 Ngawaka, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mark Williams, Ngawaka, Taihape, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/373 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Granville John Berney Duff and Rangiamohia II te Herekiekie

Next of Kin: Mr R. King, Arawa Trust Board, Rotorua (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

1 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme France AWMM 1.B.45 AWMM

Obituary

Sergeant Matene R. Duff, reported in a recent casualty list as haying died from wounds received in action, was formerly a resident of Ngawaka, Taihape.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 July 2024 - RANGITIKEI ADVOCATE AND MANAWATU ARGUS, VOLUME XLI, ISSUE 11673, 19 SEPTEMBER 1916, PAGE 7

Memorial name

• Ngaweka School Memorial AWMM
• Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Taupo War Memorial
  Public - Carol - Researcher - 14 May 2026 - Taupo Cenotaph

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20998950
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130596.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/547520/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/547520
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 201
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.