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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Private Pitonga Te Otimi |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Pitonga |
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| Surname: |
Te Otimi |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
16/183 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
Te Otimi Marupo (father), Maketu, Rotorua, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Whakatane, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
1st Maori Contingent |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
B Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
14 February 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 20 |
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| Vessel: |
Warrimoo |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
717 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Maori Contingent |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
8 August 1915 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Son of Te Marupo and Ami Marupo Te Otimi, of Maketu, Thames; husband of the late Maraea Te Otimi |
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| Description of Image: |
- Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
- Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) (Photo Clare Ann Fortune 2004)
- Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1). Name plaque Robinson, S. - Korima, F. (Photo Clare Ann Fortune 2004)
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| Further References: |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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