Potene TUHORA

Regimental number16/769
Date of birth1896
Place of birthRangatea
True NameTUHORO
OccupationFarmer
AddressRangatuhea
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Ramiera Tuhora, Rangatuhea
Previous military serviceServed in School Cadets.
Enlistment date6 July 1915
Place of enlistmentTakapura
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 Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 13 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 3, Grave No 8), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Name listed on CWGC site as TUHORO.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 26 October 1915.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 8 December 1915 (enteritis); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, 10 January 1916; discharged, 14 January 1916.

Posted to Canterbury Infantry Bn, Moascar, 19 January 1916.

Embarked Port Said, Egypt, 9 April 1916, and proceeded overseas to France.

Found guilty, 9 September 1916, of loss of ammunition; awarded one day's loss of pay.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 30 October 1916; transferred to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 31 October 1916; admitted to hospital, 2 November 1916; transferred to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 3 November 1916; embarked for England, 2 December 1916; admitted No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 3 December 1916 (pneumonia).

Died, No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 13 January 1917 (tubercular peritonitis).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: /Second Maori
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22013973