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Timutimu Tioke

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/119 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Hakaipare Tioke AWMM
    • Ti-mutimu Tioke AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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New Zealand's Roll of Honour: Non-commissioned officers and men, killed, wounded, and missing in the world struggle for freedom. Roll of honour for the First World War showing from left to right; Trooper J A Linton (Canterbury Mounted Rifles, wounded), Trooper Frank Clark (Auckland Mounted Rifles, missing), Private P McLaughlin (Canterbury Infantry Battalion, died of wounds), Trooper Ben Mitai (Auckland Mounted Rifles, wounded), Private T Peneamene (Maori Contingent, wounded), Private Timutimu Tioke (Maori Contingent, wounded), Corporal D G Malcolm (Otago Infantry Battalion, wounded), Trooper D Thompson (Wellington Mounted Rifles, wounded). Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 28 October 1915, p40. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19151028-40-1. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1890 Military Personnel file Ruatoki, Bay of Plenty Military Personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Hakaiparu Tioke Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2024 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Waimana, New Zealand AWMM
    • Waimana, Whakatane Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2024 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Hakaiparu Tioke (father), Waimana, Whakatane, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/119 AWMM
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 1914 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • One of the 50 Tuhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Ngāti Tama, Te Urewera. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn 16/119, 1st Māori Contingent, B Company, embarked 14-Feb-1915 for Suez, Egypt. Labourer, next of kin - Hakaipare Tioke (father), Waimana; b. 1890 Ruatoki, aged 24Y when he enlisted in 1914, dcd. 1951 age 59Y (Charles Timutimu Research Project).

    Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07."At a sitting of the Commission at Ruatoki in April last it was stated that a number of the Urewera Natives sold their lands prior to enlisting for the war; those who returned now find themselves landless, and they ask that the Crown give them land so that they may not be a burden on the members of their families." Tioke was listed as one of these men. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    1951 AWMM
    Age 59 AWMM
  • Date of death
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
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  • Obituary
    TIMUTIMU PRIVATE Obituary
    PRIVATE TIMUTIMU TIOKE REG 16/119 WW1 1890 - 1951 He Ika a Whiro i haere ki Karipori 1915. No Te Waimana kaku tenei tipuna koroua a matau, takoto mai, tiraha mai, whakaoti atu. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 Pipiri 2024 - https://www.legacy.com/nz/obituaries/bayofplentytimes-nz/name/timutimu-private-obituary?id=51714759
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  • Tenei te mihi nui kia koe e koro! I am Turuhira Te Oriwa Marino, daughter of Wharemawhai Tangi Thrupp, commonly known as Tangi; her father is Mannie Te Awanui Timutimu; his father is Taurua Timutimu - your son.

    I am proud to be a descendant of yours.

    Thinking of you and those who served as we near ANZAC Day.
    Public - Turuhira - Direct descendant - 24 April 2020
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  • Tena koe e te whanaunga Jodie, I am a descendent of Timutimu Tioke and Hinehou Tihi who had Taurua Timutimu who had Te Awanui Mannie my father. Nga mihi
    Public - Hinehou Waitangi - Direct descendant - 12 September 2019
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  • 'Katahi miere, ka mau te iro' na Te Awanui Mannie Timutimu 2011


    Public - Hinehou Waitangi - Direct descendant - 12 September 2019
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  • Tuhoe moumou Kai, moumou Tonga, moumou tangata ki te Po e!
    Public - Donte Hakaipari - Direct descendant - 8 August 2017
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  • Tena koe koro! Correction to father's name: Hakaipare Tioke
    Public - Des - Other relative - 24 October 2015
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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22016156
    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
      Page No: 728 AWMM
    • Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. AWMM
      Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07. AWMM
    • Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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04 June 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
24 April 2020TuruhiraRoturuaDirect descendant
12 September 2019Hinehou WaitangiRuatoki New ZealandDirect descendant
08 August 2017Donte HakaipariAKLDirect descendant
24 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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