Pte. Edmonds Stewart Turi Karetai

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Pte. Edmonds Stewart Turi Karetai

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ōtākou, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Death: August 21, 1915 (21)
Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey (World War I: Killed in Action)
Place of Burial: Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey
Immediate Family:

Son of Hohepa Tunuku Karetai and Irihapeti Freeman Karetai
Brother of Victoria Maria Potiki; Percy Karetai; Hector Cornwell Tu Tutunuku Karetai; Roimata Josephine Whatu Karetai; Joseph Te Whakaihau Karetai and 4 others

Occupation: New Zealand Maori Contingent
Find A Grave ID: 56141292
Service No: WWI 16/271
Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
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Immediate Family

About Pte. Edmonds Stewart Turi Karetai

Edmonds Stewart Turi Karetai was born in the Dunedin suburb of Ōtākou on 26 February 1894 (reg. 1894/6543). His parents were Hohepa Tunuku Karetai 'Joseph' (1857-1930) and Irihapeti Karetai (nee Edmonds) 'Elizabeth' (1868-1929). Edmonds joined the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion during World War I. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 21 August 1915. Edmonds is remembered on the Hill 60 New Zealand Memorial within the Hill 60 Cemetery in Turkey.

Sources

  1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
  2. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohK.html / Ref 10.4.2021
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Pte. Edmonds Stewart Turi Karetai's Timeline

1894
February 19, 1894
Ōtākou, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
1915
August 21, 1915
Age 21
Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey
August 21, 1915
Age 21
Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey