Pte. Potene Tuhoro

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Pte. Potene Tuhoro

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rangitukia, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
Death: January 13, 1917 (18-19)
No.1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, New Forest District, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom) (World War I: Died of Disease [tubercular peritonitis])
Place of Burial: [A. 3. 8.], Brockenhurst, New Forest District, Hampshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Raniera Tuhoro; Raniera Tuhoro Kawhia; Kohao Tuhoro and Heni Kohao Kawhia
Brother of Eruera Tuhoro; Tuoho (Bill) Tuhoro; Wetini Tuhoro; Marewa Kaa; Terina Haruru (Lena) Matahiki and 10 others

Occupation: New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
Find A Grave ID: 39665572
Iwi: Ngāti Porou
Service No: WWI 16/769
Managed by: Private User
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About Pte. Potene Tuhoro

Raniera Kawhia and Heni Kawhia lived at Rangitukia on the East Cape in New Zealand's North Island. They lost two sons in World War I, and they named their next two sons in honour of the two they had lost. The children were:

  1. Eruera Kawhia (Tuhoro), 1896-1916
  2. Potene Tuhoro, 1896-1917
  3. Eruera Armentières Tuhoro, 1916-1994
  4. Potene Brockenhurst Tuhoro

Sources

  1. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
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Pte. Potene Tuhoro's Timeline

1898
1898
Rangitukia, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
1917
January 13, 1917
Age 19
No.1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, New Forest District, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
January 13, 1917
Age 19
St Nicholas Churchyard, [A. 3. 8.], Brockenhurst, New Forest District, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)