Douglas Kaupaka Phillips

Forenames

Douglas Kaupaka AWMM

Surname

Phillips AWMM

Also known as

Takirihi Kaupeka Piripi AWMM

Service number

WWI 19500 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Wai, Ngā Iwi o Kurahaupō, Kurahaupō, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Birth

15 May 1876 Military Personnel file

Place of birth

Whangaruru

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Birth notes

Son of Henare Kaupeka PIRIPI & Erana Rora FLOYD

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Address before enlistment

Panaruku, Whakapara

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Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Polly Phillips (wife), Punaruku, via Whakapara, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Husband of Polly PHILLIPS (aka Harawe Pare Teatawhai nee' TAMIHANA)

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19500 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Distinguishing marks, WWI AWMM
Elaborate tattoo design over chest (Source: Military Personnel file). AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs P. Phillips, Punaruku, Whangarei (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

30 May 1920 Military Personnel file

Age at death

43yrs

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Place of death

Mokau, Helena Bay District , Hikurangi, Whangarei

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Cemetery name

Whangaruru South, Whangarei

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Memorial name

• Ngatiwai Soldiers Memorial Hall, Ngaiotonga, Whangaruru, Northland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20801093
  Further Reference
• Duplicate Personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20550165
  Further Reference
• Maori Maps
  http://www.maorimaps.com/main-map#url=/full_marae/ngāiotonga
  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
• Hastings Standard
  Volume X, Issue 210, 19 August 1920, Page 2
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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].