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Tuhitaare Wi Repa

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/109 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Wirepa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Private T.W. Repa, Maori Contingent, wounded.Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19151125-40-20. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Private T.W. Repa, Maori Contingent, wounded.Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries …

Identity

About

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1879 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1879 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Te Kaha, Eastern BOP Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Ropiha (or Eruera) Wi Repa and his wife, Wahawaha Terehia (aka Apanui) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Te Kaha, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Dr Tutere Wi Repa, Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
    • brother - Dr Tutere Wi Repa Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian & Egyptian E F & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/109 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1918 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    35 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record

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
    Aug 1915 SGW to hand, invalided home; Feb 1916 returned to duty Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 May 1942 Public Source
  • Date of death
    25 May 1942 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Age at death
    68 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of death
    Opotiki, BOP NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 August 2015 - Military Record
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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  • RIP uncle Tuhitaare
    Public - Kharl - Direct descendant - 21 June 2019
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22021510
    Further Reference
  • References
    • HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia". AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 795 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      31: 26 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 June 2019Kharl rotorua nzDirect descendant
12 July 2016JacquelineAucklandOther relative
27 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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