Tuiri Mita

Forenames

Tuiri AWMM

Surname

Mita AWMM

Service number

WWI 19629 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1 Jan 1897 AWMM
Petane, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Teaoho Mita (father), Tangoio, Napier, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 26 Apr 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19629 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 16 Jan 1917 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-28 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 82 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Private AWMM 16th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 8 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  147 pounds AWMM

Last rank

WW1 4 May 1919 AWMM
On termination of period of engagement AWMM
Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Increased age: attested with birth date 1 January 1897; medical papers at discharge state 1 January 1900; Death registration records age as 55. AWMM

Death

26 Jun 1957 AWMM
Age  55 AWMM

Death notes

1st NZEF, 19629 Pte T T MITA, Maori Reinforcement, died 26 June 1957.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 March 2023 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

Cemetery name

Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 March 2023 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

Grave reference

Block RSA Plot 303

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 March 2023 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21376010
  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
• 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.
  60: 24
• 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 82 - The Pakeha (Mark III) : being the journal of the Left Wing of the 24th New Zealand Reinforcements. Burge, W.R. (William Ralph), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 24th Reinforcements : 1917