George Ua

Forenames

George AWMM

Surname

Ua AWMM

Service number

WWI 20730 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

24th April 1895 (actually 1899)

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2025 - Military Record (& NZBDM Death Records)

Place of birth

Te Ngae, Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Uahori of TE Ngae

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2025 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Te Ngae, Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2025 - Military Record

Next of kin

Uahori (father), Te Ngae, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2025 - Military Record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20730 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Timber worker/Civilian AWMM

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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22014635
  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.
  41: 40
• 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.