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Whiri Tangatake

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/1275 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 3rd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Whiri AWMM
  • Surname
    Tangatake AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1275 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 July 1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    23 July 1894 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Taranaki, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Tomoana, Hastings Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Rehia Tangatake (mother), Ngaruawahia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 3rd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1275 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1920 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - 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
    21yrs 3mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - 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
    Other, WWI AWMM
    Nature of Injury: G.S.W. arm Percent of disability: 100 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Chalmers Military Hospital AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    21 January 1972 Public Source
  • Date of death
    21 January 1972 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Hastings Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    77yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Hastings Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Hastings NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Hastings Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Hastings Cemetery, Hastings Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Hastings Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA; Plot D94; Site: RSAD94_H; Reference D94 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 March 2016 - Hastings Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      25: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer). AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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08 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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