Tamupo Tapihana

Forenames

Tamupo AWMM

Surname

Tapihana AWMM

Also known as

Tamupo Tapihana TAPSELL

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Service number

WWI 20847 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

30th January 1894

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Place of birth

Maketu

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 August 2025 - Military record

Birth notes

Son of Rewi Tereanuku and Te Kahui Hineaupounamu TAPIHANA (akaTapsell)

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Address before enlistment

Maketu

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Next of kin

Rewi Tapihana (father), Maketu, via Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single
1925 Tamupo TAPIHANA married Hinetatara Pararaki WIKIRIWHI

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20847 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 10th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823797
  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.
  45: 34
• 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 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17