Private

Joseph Tairua

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Apanui Tairua, of Waiawa, Opotiki, Thames.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

My son (Wilson) and I visited his grave from NZ in June 2016. I took with me a small stone from our ancestral river Waiaua to leave at his grave. Somebody had also left a stone painted with koru?

Casualty

Service Number: 
16/113
Name:
Joseph Tairua
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Apanui Tairua (father), Waiaua, Opotiki, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Waiaua, Opotiki, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Accidentally killed
Date of Death:
13 February 1919
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
1st Maori Contingent
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 February 1915
Transport:
HMNZT 20
Vessel:
Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
C. 382.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Joseph Tairua
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