Teoti Koeti

Forenames

Teoti AWMM

Surname

Koeti AWMM

Also known as

Te Oti “George” TE KOETI

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Service number

WWI 19370 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

6 Apr 1890 Military personnel file

Address before enlistment

WW1 Arahura, via Hokitika, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Sarah Lawry (sister), Arahura, via Hokitika, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19370 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 22 Aug 1916 Military personnel file
Age  26 AWMM
Bushman/Civilian Military personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 Military personnel file
HMNZT 75 Military personnel file Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private Military personnel file 13th Reinforcements Military personnel file Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• 23 Apr 1918 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
  Admitted hospital, trench fever AWMM
• 3 Aug 1918 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
  Admitted hospital, boils on back AWMM

Last rank

WW1 7 Apr 1919 Military personnel file New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18058100
  Sources Used
• Duplicate Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20548966
  Sources Used
• 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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 37
• 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.
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].