Te Aotutahanga Taupaki

Forenames

Te Aotutahanga AWMM

Surname

Taupaki AWMM

Also known as

Te Aotutehanga AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/476 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

11th April 1888

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2024 - Military record

Birth notes

• Son of Hoani Matiu & raiha Te Irikowhai TAUPAKI of Paeroa
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Te-Aotutahanga-Taupaki/6000000040610827963
• Son of Raiha Te Irikowhai of Paeroa
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2024 - Military record

Address before enlistment

WW1 Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Raiha te Irikowhai (mother), Paeroa, 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 16/476 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

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

Other, WWI AWMM
Nature of Injury: G.S.W. left hand Pension: 15/- Percent of disability: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last rank

WW1 New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

• This person is listed as Te Aotutehanga in the Nominal Rolls
  
  Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Paeroa AWMM
• Te Aotutahanga Taupaki died 21st July 1951 aged 63yrs in Thames
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2024 - Military Record

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823993
  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 Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 711
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.