Tauwhitu Papa

Forenames

Tauwhitu AWMM

Surname

Papa AWMM

Service number

• WWI 19538 AWMM
• WWII 14818 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1893

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Place of birth

Hokianga

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Birth notes

• Son of Titore & Paata PAPA of Hokianga
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 October 2025 - Military Record
• Son of Papa TITORE
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 October 2025 - Military record

Address before enlistment

Waimamuka, Hokianga

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Post war occupation

Labourer

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Next of kin

Papa Titore (father), Waiotemarama, via Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single
WWII - Husband of Heni PAPA

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War

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

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 19538 AWMM
• WWII 14818 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Feb 1917-02 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 76 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM 14th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Memorial name

Waiotemarama Memorial, Hokianga, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Waiotemarama War Memorial (also known as Waimamaku War Memorial).
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/waimamaku-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24062329
  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

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 38
• 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 76 - The moa : the journal of the Twenty Seconds on troopship "Aparima" (No. 76). Drew, H.T.B. (Henry Thomas Bertie), editor. Digby, H.W.L. (Henry William Lockyer), editor. -- At sea : Twenty-Second Reinforcements : [1917