Charles Goldsmith

Forenames

Charles AWMM

Surname

Goldsmith AWMM

Also known as

Charles Teotutu (or Taere Teotutu) Goldsmith

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Service number

• WWI 16/582 AWMM
• WWI 16/582A AWMM
• WWII: N/N
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Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Date of birth

• 7 July 1893
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• 7 October 1894
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Place of birth

Tiktiki, Waiapu, East Coast

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Birth notes

son of Edward James Goldsmith & Meri Waihuka Huriwhenua nee' Matauru

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 136 Sydney Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Manager of the Waiapu Farmers' Cooperative/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

• Edward Goldsmith (father), Rangitukia, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Edward Goldsmith (father), Rangitukia, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• 1920 married Lena Regina Bristowe
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War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945
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Campaign

Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• WWII: NZ Territorials - Ngati Porou Battalion
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• 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

• WWI 16/582 AWMM
• WWI 16/582A AWMM
• WWII: N/N
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Military service

• WWII: 1941-1945
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• 1915-1919
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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
• 22 Jun 1915 at Takapuna
  4 Jun 1919 NZ Terriorials Officer Reserve
  Aug 1941 - Home Guard Ngati Porou
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Age on enlistment

1915 - 29yrs

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Embarkation details

• WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW1 31 Dec 1917-25 Feb 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 99 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 25th Reinforcements, Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

WWI: Lieutenant
WWII: Captain

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Memorial unveiled 12 December in the Awatere Valley at Te Araroa on the East Coast

Serial Number appears as 16/582 in Nominal Rolls, as 16/582A in Archives New Zealand

SuppNom: Ex 2nd Maori Contingent. AWMM

Death

10 Dec 1961 Public Source

Date of death

10 Dec 1961

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Age at death

67yrs

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Place of death

Te Araroa, East Coast, NZ

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Death notes

Taere Teotutu Goldsmith Died 10 Dec 1961 at Te Araroa aged 67yrs

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Cemetery name

Marangairoa Urupā, Te Araroa

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Related objects

External links

• Te Ao Hou
  http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/index.html
  Sources Used
• Te Ao Hou
  http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/index.html
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16786945
  Further Reference
• Memorial unveiling: Te Ao Hou 1965 no. 50 March p. 45. URL.
  http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao50TeA/c26.html
  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

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: 269
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  76: 23
• Te Ao Hou
• 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
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 99 - Te huia : the magazine of the 33rd Reinforcement. Printed and published by the Argus Printing Company for the Executive Committee of "Te Huia," 33rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1918.