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Arona McGregor

  • Service number
    WWI 16/1260 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • MacGregor AWMM
    • Moses McGREGPOR Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Moses-McGregor/6000000019276562517
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    March 07, 1892 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Koputoroa, Manawatū-Whanganui Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Hokowhitu Ihakara Makarika and Titihuia Makarika-McGregor Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Rangitaiki McGregor (sister), Foxton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Husband of Marema Kopa McGregor Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1260 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Flaxmill hand/Civilian 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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    • Surname appears as McGregor in Nominal Rolls, as MacGregor in Archives New Zealand

      Enlist Octl5, discharge 22.7.19. Wound, face Jul 1916, 3 yrs 139 days, illness early 19, reappoint L Corp Feb 17, training. Died 1960, buried Whakawehi. AWMM
    • Moses went overseas with the 3rd Māori Contingent, which left NZ 5th February
      1916, and joined the Pioneer Battalion in Egypt then went to the Western Front
      His brother - Poutu Hairuha McGregor and cousin Tutepourangi McDonald were also in the third Māori contingent, which was mostly made up of Pacific Islanders (Niue, Rarotonga, Gilbert and Ellice Islanders). Two other cousins Jack Sciascia and Charles Sciascia were in the Wellington Regiment NZEF 1st battalion and served at Gallipoli and in Europe.
      Charles was killed inaction in Belgium.
      While he was in the army Moses was promoted to Lance Corporal and wounded in action on 6
      August 1916 and sent to hospital at Calais in France. Shrapnel hit his cheek while he was in
      the field. He was then sent back to the front.
      He had attended the Louis Gun School and Gas School as part of his training for the front. He was discharged from the army on 25 June 1919.
      His army file says that he received the Victory medal and the British War medal.
      Moses returned to NZ on 22 July 1919 after being in service 3 years and 139 days.
      It is not sure if he returned to his work with his last employer C.B.Higginson but he did continue
      to work in the flax cutting and mill business.
      He did not continue to train to be a minister but supported his whānau in church activities and building projects. Neither he nor anyone from Ngati Raukawa were balloted any land for farming when he returned from war Moses continued his interests in kapahaka and introduced the European entertainment Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Moses-McGregor/6000000019276562517
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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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/R10921686
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      25: 1 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry). AWMM

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02 June 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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