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Turei Teki

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  • Service number
    WWI 20629 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 7th Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Turei AWMM
  • Surname
    Teki AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20629 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1894 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Turakina, Rangitikei Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Aimana Teki and Hariata Te Utupoto Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record & Research
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Aimana Teki (father), Turakina, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    British War & Victory Medals Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    • 11 May 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    21yrs 9 mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record

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
    25 November 1946 Public Source
  • Date of death
    25 November 1946 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Age at death
    49yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of death
    Palmerston North, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    TEKI.—On November 25, 1946, at Bulls, Turei Teki, of Parewanui; aged 49 years.

    FUNERAL NOTICE. Funeral leaves the residence, Parewanui, to-day (Wednesday), November 27, 1946, at 2 p.m., for the Parewanui Cemetery.—Wm. R. Kells and Son, Funeral Directors, Palmerston North. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 August 2024 - Wanganui Chronicle, 27 November 1946, Page 1
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
13 August 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
22 October 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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