Tiaki Johnson

Forenames

Tiaki AWMM

Surname

Johnson AWMM

Service number

WWI 19856 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Iwi o Tākitimu, Tākitimu, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

14 Feb 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Birth notes

son of Michael & Terina Johnson

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Address before enlistment

Frasertown, Wairoa

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Next of kin

M. Johnson (father), Frasertown, Hawke's Bay, 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
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 20th Rfts
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Service number

WWI 19856 AWMM

Military service

1917-1919

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Shearer/Civilian AWMM
• 17 April 1917 at Wairoa
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Age on enlistment

23yrs 6mths

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Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1917-24 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 90 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 8.5" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  162 lb AWMM

Last rank

Private

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Memorial name

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/R18053906
  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
• HMNZT 90. Te karere : the message : H.M.N.Z.T. no. 90. [1917].
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  69: 38
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• 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.