TAURA

Regimental number16/1202
Date of birth1894
Place of birthCook Islands
ReligionCongregational
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height6' 1"
Weight185 lbs
Next of kinFather, Tuakina Atiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 September 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Maori Contingent, Rarotongans, Attached A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on board Navua on 5 February 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 7 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialWalton and Weybridge Cemetery (Screen Wall 909), Walton-on -Thames, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked, 4 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 15 March 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 9 April 1916.

Admitted to No 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 19 October 1916; transferred No 3 General Hospital, Boulogne, 20 October 1916; to England, 3 November 1916, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 4 November 1916; listed as 'seriously ill', No 2 NZ Hospital, Walton on Thames (tuberculous glands lung).

Died, No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 7 January 1917 (tubercular glands, neck).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 25, p. 3
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805