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Cenotaph record

Piter Taite

  • Service number
    WWI 16/1495 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Pita Taite AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 38 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 38 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Piter AWMM
  • Surname
    Taite AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Pita Taite AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1495 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
    Ngāti Raka AWMM
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Piter Taite (father), Ruatahuna, Rotorua, New Zealand 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 16/1495 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/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
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • One of the 50 Tūhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Ngāti Raka, Ngāti Kuri, Tamakaimoana. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn 16/1495, 5th Reinforcements Māori Contingent, embarked 26-Jul-1916 for Devonport England. Bushman, next of kin - Pita Taite (father) Ruatahuna (aka Pita Te Taite, Pita Te Rika, Pita Te Wharenui, Te Kahuorangi); sister Pinepine was Rua Kenana’s principle wife. Dcd 1942 aged 70Y (Charles Timutimu Research Project). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1942 AWMM
    Age 70 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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/R7823600
    Further Reference
  • References
    • The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements]. AWMM
      Military Service Record AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      37: 38 AWMM
    • Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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