Puia Tamehana
Born May 1886
- Service number
- WWI 20862 AWMM
- Also known as
- Te Pini AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion, 19th ReinforcementsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Puia AWMM
- Surname
- Tamehana AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Te Pini AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 20862 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Koura, Māori AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- May 1886 Public Source
- Date of birth
- May 1886Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Ruatoki, BOP, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Whakatane, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Rerekai Tamehana (mother), Ruatoki, via Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- singlePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion, 19th ReinforcementsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 20862 AWMM
- Military service
- 1916-1919Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (France) AWMM
The London Gazette (14 December 1917), Supplement:30431, p.13207. AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- British War Medal
Victory Medal
French Croix de guerre Medal - awarded July 1917 by General Commanding the 1st French ArmyPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (France) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- 1 August 1916 at Narrow Neck CampPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 20yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- 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
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Mar 1917 slight Colitis; Jun 1917 wounded left hand; Feb 1919 InfluenzaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military Record
Last known rank
- Last rank
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 March 2016 - Military record
- Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- One of the 50 Tuhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Ngāti Rongo, Ngāti Koura. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn 20862, 10th Reinforcements Māori Contingent, embarked 15-Nov-1916 for Devonport England. Farmer, next of kin - Mrs Rerekai Tamehana (mother) Ruatoki. Wounded July 1917, awarded Croix de Guerre medal in 1918 by the French Govt for conspicuous bravery in the field (Charles Timutimu Research Project).
Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07."At a sitting of the Commission at Ruatoki in April last it was stated that a number of the Urewera Natives sold their lands prior to enlisting for the war; those who returned now find themselves landless, and they ask that the Crown give them land so that they may not be a burden on the members of their families." Tamehana was listed as one of these men. AWMM
About death
- Death
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- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Anzac Hall, Te Rewarewa Marae, Ruatoki AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823693
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130974.html
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
45: 34 - Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07. - 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.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 4: Includes portrait - 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.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17
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