Tu Maaka

Forenames

Tu AWMM

Surname

Maaka AWMM

Service number

WWI 20877 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

3 Feb 1875 Public Source

Date of birth

3 Feb 1875

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Place of birth

Port Awanui, East Coast

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Birth notes

son of Ana Tehui Maaka (mother)

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Address before enlistment

Cape Runaway

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Next of kin

Mrs Ana Tehui Maaka (mother), Hawera, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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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 19th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 20877 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 Bushman/Civilian AWMM
• 1 Aug 1916 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

28yrs (actually 41yrs)

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Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

1917 January sick with Conjunctivitis, March Influenza, April Phythsis

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Last rank

Private

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10927414
  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