Nuia Runga Runga

Forenames

Nuia AWMM

Surname

Runga Runga AWMM

Service number

WWI 20757 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

• 15 Dec 1895 Public Source
• 15 Dec 1897 Public Source

Date of birth

• at Discharge in 1919 gave birthdate as 15 Dec 1897
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• 15 Dec 1895
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Place of birth

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast

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Birth notes

son of Wiremu Runga Runga & and Riria Peehi Rupene

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Address before enlistment

Tokomaru Bay, NZ

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Next of kin

Wiremu Runga Runga (father), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single
1927 married Bella Manuel

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 8th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 20757 AWMM

Military service

1916-1919

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Military training

Te Aute College Cadets

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 24 June 19156 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

20yrs 6mths (actually 18-19yrs)

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Embarkation details

WW1 23 Sep 1916-19 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Private AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

May 1917 GSW right buttock; Sep 1917 GSW to thigh; 1918 suffered from scabbies/Dermatitis/Impetigo

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Last rank

Lance Corporal

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Death

11 May 1948 Public Source

Date of death

11 May 1948

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Age at death

50yrs

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Place of death

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, NZ

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Death notes

L/Cpl Nuia Rungarunga died 11 May 1948 at Tokomary Bay aged 50yrs

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20808639
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 65 - Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements H.M.N.Z. Transport 65 (S.S."Pakeha"). Pilling, E.G. (Ewen George), editor. McGhie, J.G. (John Gordon), editor. Bell, R.B. (Robert Brown), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 17th Reinforcements : 1916.