Tuhuru Tainui

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • Born 5 October 1894, Arahura, West Coast, New Zealand
  • Died 6 January 1965, Christchurch
  • Last rank Private
  • Service number 16/228
  • Served In 1st Māori Contingent, New Zealand Pioneer (Māori) Battalion, A Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Next of Kin Mrs J. Tainui (mother), Arahura, Hokitika /Mrs Nikau Tainui (wife), Hokitika
  • Pre-war occupation Engineer
  • Enlisted19 October 1914, Wellington
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 20, Warrimoo, departed 14 February 1915, Wellington, disembarked 26 March 1915, Suez, Egypt
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian 1915, Gallipoli 1915, and Western European 1916-1917-1918-1919
  • Periods of service148 days in New Zealand and four years and 61 days overseas in Egypt, Gallipoli and Western Europe. Total service of four years and 209 days
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Willochra, 8th March 1919
  • Discharged15 May 1919
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

Served in WWI and WWII (819014).