Kereama Tuhaka

Forenames

Kereama AWMM

Surname

Tuhaka AWMM

Also known as

Kereama Rere Tuhaka

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Service number

WWI 19486 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1 May 1893 Public Source

Date of birth

1 May 1893

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Place of birth

Te Horo, Port Awanui

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Birth notes

son of Turei & Pareake Tuhaka

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Address before enlistment

Te Horo

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Next of kin

• Mrs Pareake Tuhaka (mother), Te Horo, Horo henua, New Zealand AWMM
• later of Port Awanui, East Coast, NZ
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Relationship status

single
1922 Married Ripeka Reid

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 14th Rfts
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Service number

WWI 19486 AWMM

Military service

1916-1919

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 29 Sep 1916 at Auckland
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Age on enlistment

23yrs 4mths

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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

Last rank

Private

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Brother to Maaka Tuhaka WW1 16/768 and Pine Tuhaka WW1 19756

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Death

31 Aug 1968 Public Source

Date of death

31 Aug 1968

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Age at death

76yrs

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Place of death

Te Puia Springs, East Coast

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Death notes

Pte Kereama Rere Tuhaka died 31 Aug 1968 in Te Puia Springs, aged 76yrs
Informant: Mrs R Tuhaka of Rangatukia

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22013963
  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
• 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 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