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Tiale Bau Mara Vuiyasawa

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/1364 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Ratu Tiale Bau Mara Vuiyasawa AWMM
    • Ratu Tiale Wimbledon Thomas Vuiyasawa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tiale Bau Mara AWMM
  • Surname
    Vuiyasawa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Ratu Tiale Bau Mara Vuiyasawa AWMM
    • Ratu Tiale Wimbledon Thomas Vuiyasawa AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1364 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Mar 1895 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Litiana Maapa (mother), Bau, Fiji, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1364 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Student/Civilian AWMM
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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father was Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi and his mother was Adi Litiana Maopa. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 March 1981 AWMM
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
    DEATHS of Islands People
    RATU TIALE WIMBLEDON THOMAS VUIYASAWA
    In Suva in March, aged 85. A high chief of Lau and Bau, Ratu Tiale was the brother of the late Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna and the second son of Ratu Jone Madraiwiwi and Adi Litiana Maopa. He was also an uncle of the Tui Nayau, Fiji’s Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, and a close relative of the Vunivalu of Bau, Fiji’s Governor-General Ratu Sir George Cakobau. Ratu Tiale was educated at the Levuka Public School and Wesley College, Melbourne. He spent almost all his life in government service. He was appointed Native Assistant Commissioner, Lomaiviti, in 1933, RokoTui Ra in 1937, RokoTui Ba in 1945, and Roko Tui Cakaudrove in 1947. He has been described as a most efficient administrator of the ‘old school’, and a great believer in discipline. In accordance with Fijian tradition and protocol, the funeral gathering, attended by hundreds of mourners from all over the country, was held at Veiuto, chiefly residence of Ratu Mara. A memorial service was later held at Suva’s Centenary Church.

    DEATHS of Islands People (1 May 1981), Pacific Islands Monthly AWMM
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