Thompson Pariki Rawiri

Forenames

Thompson Pariki AWMM

Surname

Rawiri AWMM

Also known as

• Thompson Parakiri Rawiri AWMM
• Tamihana Parakiri AWMM

Service number

WWI 20768 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Manawa (Mataatua), Ngā Iwi o Mataatua, Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Birth

28 Mar 1896 AWMM

Date of birth

17th July 1894

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 August 2025 - Military Record

Place of birth

Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 August 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Parakiri Rawiri & Hinewairangi Te Iriwhiro

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 August 2025 - Military Record & https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L71B-HXD/rawiri-paraki-1864-1957

Address before enlistment

c/- Mrs Simpson, Heaton Park, Martin

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 August 2025 - Military Record

Next of kin

Parakiri Rawiri (father), Muripara, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 August 2025 - Military Record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20768 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Shearer/Civilian AWMM

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

One of the 50 Tūhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Ngāi Turanga, Ngāti Manawa. aka Tamihana Parakiri; Private, World War 1, 1914-1918, sn 20768, 9th Reinforcements, embarked 11-Oct-1916 for Plymouth England. Shearer, next of kin - Parakiri Rawiri (father) Te Whaiti, Murupara; b 28-Mar-1896, dcd. 1972 age 76Y (Charles Timutimu Research Project). AWMM

Death

1972 AWMM
Age  76 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20804326
  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.
  43: 36
• 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.
• 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.