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Full Name: Private Pareiha Tuati
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Pareiha
Surname: Tuati
Also Known As: David Apanui Stewart
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 16/123
Iwi: Ngati Awa
Gender: Male
First Known Rank: Private
Next of Kin: Mrs Emere Tuati (mother), Thames, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Whakatane, New Zealand
Military District: Auckland
Body on Embarkation: 1st Maori Contingent
Embarkation Unit: B Company
Embarkation Date: 14 February 1915
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport: HMNZT 20
Vessel: Warrimoo
Destination: Suez, Egypt (26 March 1915)
Nominal Roll Number: Vol1
Page on Nominal Roll: 735
Last Unit Served: Maori Contingent
Place of Death: Mudros to Gallipoli
Date of Death: 16 August 1915
Age at Death: 20
Year of Death: 1915
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Cemetery Name: Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece
Grave Reference: I. B. 32.
Biographical Notes:
  • Third son of David S. and Emily (Emere) Stewart of Parawai, Thames
  • He spent most of his time in Whakatane with his uncle Hurunui Apanui
  • Brothers Pareiha Tuati (16/123) and Matt Stewart (12/451) served in WW1. Another brother left for England and helped make munitions.
Description of Image:
  • Memorial Card, WW1,
  • Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Further References:
  • Military personnel file listed at Archives New Zealand. Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
  • AWN 02/09/1915 page 22
Additional Information:
  • Name is recorded as Pareiha Tuati in Nominal Rolls and CWGC, as Paruha Tuati in Archives New Zealand
  • Named David Apanui Stewart by his family on the Memorial card
Sources Used:
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
  • Auckland Weekly News, 1915
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