Tukawhena Reihana

Forenames

Tukawhena AWMM

Surname

Reihana AWMM

Service number

WWI 20810 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Date of birth

WWI: July 1895; WWII: 15 Oct 1892

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Place of birth

Rangitukia, East Coast, NZ

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Address before enlistment

WWI: Tuparoa, East Coast
WWII: State Forest Service, Kaingaroa, Rotorua

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Next of kin

Mrs Raiha Reihana (mother), Rangitukia, via Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

WWI: single
WWII: single

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War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945
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Campaign

WWI: Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 10th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 20810 AWMM

Military service

WWI: 1916-1919;

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Stationhand/Civilian AWMM
• 21 July 1916 at Narrow Neck
  25 June 1942 at Thames
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Age on enlistment

• 1942: 44yrs 8mths (refused for enlistment due to age)
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• 1916: gave age as 20yrs 11mths (actually 16yrs)
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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

Last rank

Private

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Death

16 Aug 1952 Public Source

Date of death

16 Aug 1952

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Place of death

Hamilton, NZ

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Death notes

Tukawhenua Reihana died 16 Aug 1952 in Hamilton

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20805150
  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