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Hatara Matehe Te Awarau

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/124 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. Cultural Permissions may apply.

New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckl …

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Coy. Quarter Master Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Hatara Matehe AWMM
  • Surname
    Te Awarau AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/124 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 December 1877 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    5 December 1877 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Waipiro Bay, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waipiro Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Emma Matehe (wife), Waipiro Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Post War: son - Waipina Te Awarau Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian - Gallipoli Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/124 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1916 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 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 Unknown AWMM AWMM
    • 21 Oct 1914 at Waipiro Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Sheep Farmer for A B Williams, Waipiro Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    38yrs 10mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 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
    Company Quarter Master Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 July 1935 Public Source
  • Date of death
    15 July 1935 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Age at death
    62yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of death
    Waipiro Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Cause of death
    Pulmonary TB Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waipiro Bay Urupa, Waipiro Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Tikitiki St Mary's Church's War Memorial under the "Those that died in NZ or Aust." List Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 31 January 2016 - Military Record
  • 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/R7824680
    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: 716 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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15 July 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher
12 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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