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Tohana Pohatu

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/706 AWMM
  • Also known as
    aka Dawson Stone Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tohana AWMM
  • Surname
    Pohatu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    aka Dawson Stone Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/706 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 December 1892 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    8 December 1892 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Te hauke, Hawke's Bay, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Harry & Mary Stone (aka Henry Pohatu & Mereana Pera) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Porangahau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Pera Abraham (grandfather), Opapa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, Egyptian EF Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/706 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1916 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 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
    • WW1 AWMM
    • 9 July 1915 at Takapuna
      7 Feb 1917 at Narrow Neck (unfit due to Shell concussion at Gallipoli) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Labourer for HB Meat Co Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    22 yrs 7mths; 24yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military 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 - 14 April 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • When trying to locate Karanema Pohatu (aka Robert Stone) AIF # 2176, after the war, his older brother Toahan wrote to Australian authories in 1922, noting that, "we never received any letter from him. The only thing we received was a photograph of a group while camp..." Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Australian War Memorial

Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 June 1950 Public Source
  • Date of death
    14 June 1950 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    57yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    Hastings, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • Kia Ora Tohuna Pohatu is the father to my Grand mother Kawariki Pohatu. Tohuna was married to my great grandmother Hemaima Pohatu (nee Mangai). They both had: Rameka (Joseph) Pohatu, Donna (Nikaore Te Whare Pouri) Pohatu, Kawariki Pohatu, Heremia (Jeremy) Pohatu and Perawheraro Pohatu.
    Public - Iona - Direct descendant - 3 December 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 585 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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03 December 2020IonaWhakaoriori, AotearoaDirect descendant
14 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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