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Mark Tauranga

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/557 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Maaka Tauranga Public - M A G - Direct descendant - 4 September 2023 - whanau history
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZEF - 1st NZ Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Mark AWMM
  • Surname
    Tauranga AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Maaka Tauranga Public - M A G - Direct descendant - 4 September 2023 - whanau history
  • Service number
    WWI 16/557 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    29 March 1888 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Hicks Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    • son of Hereana Tauranga Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record
    • son of Kereama Tauranga (papa) and Mere Karaha (koka) Public - M A G - Direct descendant - 4 September 2023 - whanau history, also typographic error Hereana is incorrect spelling of Kereama.
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Hicks Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Stockman Public - M A G - Direct descendant - 4 September 2023 - whanau history
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Kereama Tauranga (father), Hicks Bay, via Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
    • Kereama Tauranga (father), Hicks Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mere Karaha (mother), Hicks Bay, New Zealand Public - M A G - Direct descendant - 4 September 2023 - whanau history
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian & Western Europe Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZEF - 1st NZ Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/557 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1917 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star Medal Public - M A G - Direct descendant - 4 September 2023 - I hold his original campaign medals from WW1.

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    27 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - 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
    1915 - Gunshot wound to left elbow Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 February 1966 AWMM
  • Date of death
    11 February 1966 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military record
  • Age at death
    78 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military record
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Military record
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7823998
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 711 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      37: 38 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements]. AWMM

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04 September 2023M A GChristchurch, New Zealand Direct descendant
20 July 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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