Taiawhiao Te Whare

Title

Private

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Forenames

Taiawhiao AWMM

Surname

Te Whare AWMM

Also known as

Taiawhiao Te Whare AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/421 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Māori AWMM

Religion

Roman Catholic

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Birth

• 10 May 1884 AWMM
• 10 May 1884 Public Source

Date of birth

10 may 1884

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Place of birth

Taupo, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Miriama Te Whare

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Taupo, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs Miriama Te Whare (mother), Taupo, New Zealand AWMM
• later address was Petane, Hawke's Bay
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Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent.
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Service number

WWI 16/421 AWMM

Military service

Sep 1914-July 1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 518001

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 21 September 1914 at Taupo
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Age on enlistment

30yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Rabbiter employed by the Govt.

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Te Whare, Petane, Hawles Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

31 Jul 1915 AWMM

Age at death

31yrs

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Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Death notes

Died of fever after being hospitalised for bullet wound in thigh received in action at Gallipoli

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Cemetery

Addolorata Cemetery, Malta AWMM E. EA. A. 656. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum

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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/R7825040
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/116336/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/116336
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 718
• 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.