Tuhituhi Tuati

Forenames

Tuhituhi AWMM

Surname

Tuati AWMM

Also known as

• Frederick Tuhi Stewart AWMM
• Frederick Tuhituhi Stewart AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/100 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

26 Aug 1889 AWMM

Place of birth

Whakatane

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 September 2026 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Charles Edward Oliphant and Anahera STEWART

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 September 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215265294/frederick_tuhi-stewart

Address before enlistment

Pre 03 Oct 1914 AWMM Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Charles Stewart (father), Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• 1920 Frederick Tuhituhi STEWART married Elsie Vivienne SAVAGE
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 September 2026 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/100 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 03 Oct 1914 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM
Engineer/Military 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

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 7 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  140 pounds AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded 1916 AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Bomb wound 1916 AWMM

Last rank

WW1 24 Jul 1919 AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM

Son of Charles Stewart and Anahera

Husband of Elsie V. Stewart

Listed as wounded, Chronicles of the NZEF 1916 (2) p. 40

Served abroad 4 years 52 days

Likely his name is Stewart and enlisted with his other name AWMM

Death

21 Mar 1934 AWMM

Cemetery

Domain Road Cemetery, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

• Death notice: New Zealand Herald, March 1934 AWMM
• The death has occurred of Mr Fred Stewart, after a lengthy illness, In his forty-fourth year. He was the son of the late Mr Charles Stewart and a grandson of the late Mr R. O. Stewart, who conducted the first school in Whakatane, and was a stipendiary magistrate in the Bay of Plenty. The late Mr Fred Stewart served abroad for the whole period of the Great War, leaving New Zealand with the Maori Pioneer contingent and returning after the termination of hostilities. He was wounded in action and also gassed, and he never properly recovered from his injuries. All the rest of his life was spent in Whakatane
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 March 2025 - Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXII, Issue 11380, 28 March 1934, Page 2

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22013852
  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 Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 735
• The New Zealand Herald
  Death notice: New Zealand Herald, March 1934
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.