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Tu Hawaiki Matehaere

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 40 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 40 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tu Hawaiki AWMM
  • Surname
    Matehaere AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20611 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    • b. 1916 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 October 2024 - Military Record
    • In 1916 he was 26yrs = b. abt 1890 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 July 2025 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Rotorua Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 October 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Matehaere of Rotorua Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 October 2024 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Labourer Public - Angela Atawhai - Direct descendant - 26 April 2018 - Family oral history
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Matehaere (father), Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Married Public - Angela Atawhai - Direct descendant - 26 April 2018 - Family oral history
    • Tuhawaiki Matehaere married Kararaina Ranui Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Tuhawaiki-Matehaere/6000000180513407845

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.

    43 members of the NZ (Maori) Pioneers served with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and assisted in the late 1916 early 1917 preparations of the Arras caverns for the Battle of Arras. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Tu Hawaiki MATEHAERE died 21st April 1949 in Rotorua -
    RE: Military Record
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2024
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 40 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
    • Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
    • Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 July 2025Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
26 April 2018Angela AtawhaiRotorua, New ZealandDirect descendant

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