John Tautau

Title

Private

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Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Tautau AWMM

Also known as

John Tau Tau AWMM

Service number

WWI 19960 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1 Jan 1896 AWMM

Birth notes

son of Nikora & Hariata Tautau of Tolaga Bay

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Address before enlistment

Tolaga Bay

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Next of kin

• Waitanwha Matenga (father), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Hariata Tautau of Tolaga Bay (mother)
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Relationship status

Pre 15 Aug 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 19960 AWMM

Military service

1917-1919

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Medals and Awards

Plaque & Scroll # 670070

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Enlistment

• WW1 29 May 1917 AWMM
  Age  21 AWMM
  Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM
• 29 May 1917 at Auckland
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Age on enlistment

21yr 4mths

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Embarkation details

WW1 15 Aug 1917-02 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 92 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 21st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 4.5 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  125 pounds AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  February 1918, pneumonia AWMM
• Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
  Abdominal tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 31 Aug 1919 AWMM
Termination of period of engagement AWMM
Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Hariata

He fell sick whilst in France; was evacuated to England, recovered and then rejoined the Battalion

Embarked for New Zealand February 1919, admitted to the Ship's Hospital on the voyage

Next of Kin: Mrs H. Tautau, Tolaga Bay, E. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

10 Nov 1919 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Tolaga Bay AWMM

Obituary

A Maori returned soldier, Lance-Corporal John Tautau, whose relatives reside at Tolaga Bay, died yesterday at the Cook Hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for some time. The body is being taken to Tolaga Bay for burial

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Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand 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/R7824007
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130885.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  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.
  70: 31
• 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.
• HMNZT 92. Fresh tracks, or, The wake of the wanderers. (1917). London: Printed by Cassell & Company.