Wetini Te Muera

Forenames

Wetini AWMM

Surname

Te Muera AWMM

Also known as

Wetini Te Muera AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/248 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1893

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

Place of birth

Rotorua

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

Birth notes

Son of Reverend Tokoaitua and Tuihana Tekoaitua, of Kirk St., Otaki

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wetini-te-muera

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Reverend Tokoaitua Te Muera (father), Otaki, 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
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/248 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

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

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Wetini Te Muera was the son of the Rev. Te Muera Tekoaitua and Tuihana Tekoaitua, of Kirk Street, Otaki

CWGC refers to the Rangiatea Church Cemetery, Te Rauparaha Street, Otaki, New Zealand as the Otaki Maori Cemetery

Wounded Gallipoli, France, retumed to NZ, died in Otaki sanatorium, buried Rangiatea. Ngati Kapu and Te Arawa

Next of Kin: Rev Tokoaitua Te Muera, Otaki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

24 Oct 1919 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cemetery

Rangiatea Church Cemetery, Te Rauparaha Street, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

• Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) 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/R7824863
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880990
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130887.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643642/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643642
  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: 717
• 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.
• Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
• 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.