Tuheke Tui MATENGA

Regimental number16/810
Place of birthMuriwai, Poverty Bay
AddressMuriwai, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Matire Matenga, Muriwai, Gisborne
Enlistment date30 June 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Maori Contingent
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 29 Waitemata on 18 September 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion
FateDrowned 14 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 1, Grave No. 17), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Matere Bartlett, Opoutama, Hawkes Bay
Other details

War Service: Egypt, Western Front.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: /Second Maori