Tangiwai Toheriri

Forenames

Tangiwai AWMM

Surname

Toheriri AWMM

Also known as

Tangiwai Toheriri AWMM

Service number

WWI 20807 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

7 Mar 1882 Public Source

Date of birth

7 Mar 1882

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Birth notes

Son of Hona and Te Waara Toheriri

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Address before enlistment

Turparoa, East Coast, NZ

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Next of kin

Mrs Waara Toheriri (mother), Tuparoa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 11 Oct 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
• Widower at the time of enlistment
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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, 18th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 20807 AWMM

Military service

1916-1919

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Medals and Awards

British War medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 21 July 1916 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

34yrs 2mths

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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

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Tangiwai Toheriri was the son of Hona Toheriri and Te Waara, of Maungatuna, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand; husband of Teao Taihi.

Alternative Commemoration - buried in Tangoira Maori Cemetery, Anaura Bay.

Next of Kin: Mrs W. Toheriri, Mangatuna, E. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

11 Jul 1920 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Death notes

T. TOHERIRI 20807 1914 - 18 PTE Maori Pioneer Battn, died 11.7.1920 aged 34 years. Buried in Tangoira Maori Cemetery, Anaura Bay.

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Cemetery

Tolaga Bay Cemetery, Ferneaux Street, Tolaga Bay, Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM Special Memorial, Services' Area AWMM

Memorial name

Tikitiki St Mary's Church War Memorial Board

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22016376
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130888.html
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• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643634/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643634
  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
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.