Tipi Babbington

Forenames

Tipi AWMM

Surname

Babbington AWMM

Also known as

Tipiora Babbington

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Service number

WWI 20763 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

9 May 1895 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 25 Jun 1916 AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

John Babbington (father), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 11 Oct 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 9th reibnforcements
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 April 2016 - Military Record

Service number

WWI 20763 AWMM

Military service

1916-1919

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Enlistment

WW1 25 Jun 1916 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Freezing Worker at Waima, Tokomaru Bay

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 April 2016 - Military Record

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 8 inches AWMM

Last rank

WW1 4 May 1919 AWMM
Discharged on termination of period of engagement AWMM
Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

• Returned on the Westmoreland 6 April 1919 AWMM
• Married Hoana Te Aomiraka McIlroy in 1922, and had 9 children.
  Tuhaka Teihinga and Wiremu Kingi, his sons, served in WWII along with many of their cousins and other relatives.
  Public - Joanne - Direct descendant - 16 November 2018 - Family Papers. Service of sons is recorded in the Online Cenotaph. Familysearch.org

Death

11 Feb 1939 AWMM

Age at death

40yrs

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Place of death

Tokomaru Bay

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Cemetery name

Tuatini Urupa, Tokomaru Bay

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271865
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272715
  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.
• 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.
  43: 36
• 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 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.