Rawiri Taewa

Title

Private

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Forenames

Rawiri AWMM

Surname

Taewa AWMM

Also known as

• Rawiri Taewa AWMM
• Rauiri Taewa
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Service number

WWI 16/68 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

2 Aug 1886 Public Source

Date of birth

2 Aug 1886

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Place of birth

Hiruharama, near Ruatoria

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tuparoa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Erueti Kopa Taewa (brother), Tuparoa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Egyptian - Galipolli
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/68 AWMM

Military service

1914-1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & scroll # 512791

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 14 Nov 1914 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

28yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for K S Williams of Tuparoa

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Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Death

21 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery name

Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey

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Obituary

Amongst the members of the Maori Contingent, recently reported killed in action were Whare Baker, of Waipiro Bay, Rawiri Taewa. of Tuparoa, and! Hauraki Waiti, of Waipiro Bay, whilst Hori N. Te Awarau, who died of pneumonia, also belonged to Waipiro Bay. Private George Morgan, wounded, is a relative of Mrs Raiha Morgan, ’ of Gisborne.

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Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Memorial name

• Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey AWMM
• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823484
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1739335/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1739335
  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

• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 708
• 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.
• 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.