Tere Hape

Forenames

Tere AWMM

Surname

Hape AWMM

Ingoa

Tere Tangiora

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Also known as

Tere HAPA

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Service number

WWI 16/949 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1891 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tokomaru, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Tangiora Hape (father), Mahia, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Hape Wharekete Tangiora (father) & Hera Inumia Tangiora nee Toheriri (Mother)
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Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/949 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of wounds, received in action at No.2 Aust. Casualty Clearing Station in the field, France, June 24th 1916 AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Hape and Hera Tangiora, of Mahia, New Zealand.

Brothers Tere Hape, Hona Hape, Brougton (Paratene) Tangiora and Rewi Tangiora served in WWI. Only Paratene returned. Tere and Hone took the first name of their father as their surname and Brougton and Rewi the Tangiora ingoa.

Next of Kin: Mr H. Tangiora, Opoutama, Hawkes Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

24 Jun 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France AWMM I.U.1. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Māhia Soldiers’ Memorial, Kaiuku Marae, Mahia
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Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16791378
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130615.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/203490/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/203490
  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

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 301
• 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.