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PENEAMENE, Tieke
(Service number 16/283)

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First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 10/08/1885 Place of Birth Georgetown, Otago

Enlistment Information

Date 19 October 1914 Age
Address at Enlistment Morven, New Zeland
Occupation Farm labourer for Thomas Barden, Morven
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Hohepa Peneamene, Morven, Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 1st Maori Contingent
Unit, Squadron, or Ship A Company
Date 14 February 1915
Transport HMNZT 20 Warrimoo
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Pioneer (Māori) Battalion, A Company, 1st Māori Contingent

Military Awards

Campaigns Balkans (Gallipoli) 1915, Egyptian 1915-1916, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916, Western European 1916-1919
Service Medals 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal; Gallipil Medallion
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Actions Prior to Capture
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date 10 April 1919 Reason Termination of period of service

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Death

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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Tieke Peneanene was born on 10 August 1885, at Georgetown, Otago.

Tieke volunteerted with the New Zealand Pioneer (Māori) Battalion, A Company, 1st Māori Contingent. On enlistment he gave his next of kin as Mr Hohepa Peneamene of Morven, Canterbury. Tieke was working as a farm labourer for Thomas Barden, also of Morven, when he enlisted on 19 October 1914. He embarked for Europe on board HMNZT 20, Warrimoo, on 14 February 1915 from Wellington, disembarked at Suez, Egypt, on 26 March 1915. He served throughout the war in Egyt and in the Balkans, landing at Gallipoli, both in 1915. After the Gallipolli campaign he then served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in 1916, before his unit was transferredf to the Western European from, where he served from 1916 unitl the end of the wear in 1919. Overall he served for 150 days in New Zealand and four years and 51 days overseas - a total service of four years and 201 days. Tieke returned to New Zealand aboard the Westmoreland on 10 April 1919, finally being discharged on 7 May 1919. For his service he was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal. He was also awarded the Gallipoli Medallion when that was issued some decades later.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (13 November 2014); SCRoll web submission by J Hill, 27 December 2025; "Tieke Peneamene" on He Rau Mahara at https://heraumahara.nz/roll-of-honour/soldiers/peneamene-tieke/ [Accessed 8 January 2025]

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Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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