Abraham Turei Grace

Title

Private

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Forenames

Abraham Turei AWMM

Surname

Grace AWMM

Also known as

Aperahama Turei Kerehi AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/65 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

25 Aug 1893 Public Source

Date of birth

25 Aug 1893

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Place of birth

Aku Aku, Waipiro Bay

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Birth notes

son of Hamiora Grace

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tuparoa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Hamiora Grace (father), Tuparoa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori (Pioneer) Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/65 AWMM

Military service

1914-1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Vitcory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 504884

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 10 Oct 1914 at Waipiro Bay
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Age on enlistment

21yr 1mth

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for A V T Reid

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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

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr H. Grace, Taparoa, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

21 Oct 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM D. 152 AWMM

Obituary

MAORI CONTINGENT.

Grace, Abraham Turei. 16/65 Private (Hamiora Grace, Tuparoa); died of typhoid. New Zealand General Hospital, Cairo, October 21st

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Memorial name

• St. Matthew's Churchyard, Tuparoa, East Coast
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• Gisborne War Memorial
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Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand 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/R16787697
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130607.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/112698/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/112698
  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.
  Page No: 274
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• 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.
• 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.