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Cenotaph record

Wetini Te Muera

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Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) (Photo Clare Ann Fortune 2004) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) (Photo Clare Ann Fortune 2004) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wetini AWMM
  • Surname
    Te Muera AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Wetini Te Muera AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/248 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
    Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga AWMM
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Reverend Tokoaitua Te Muera (father), Otaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/248 AWMM
  • Military service
  • 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
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 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 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 October 1919 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Otaki, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rangiatea Church Cemetery, Te Rauparaha Street, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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