Private Tetiana A ATEA 010741
Photographed 10 August 2013
Tahitian Contingent
French Colonial Forces
Died 8 September 1918
Aged 31
Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1918, Page 3
Noted as ex New Zealander serving with an overseas force and dying of sickness. Forename given as Tetiamona and next of kin Mrs. Mihi A. Uraru, Tahiti.[1]
Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 303, 11 September 1918, Page 4
A full military funeral was yesterday morning accorded to the Franco-Tahitian reservist, Tetiamana-a-Atea, who died in the Victoria Hospital on Sunday. Those present included the General Officer Commanding (Sir Alfred Robin) and Staff.; Surgeon-General Henderson (Director of Medical Services), Mr. James Macintosh (French Consular Agent), Captain R. W. Smith, of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (who represented the Defence Department), and Captain Gentry (who was in charge of the draft of reservists). The firing party and band were from Trentham Camp, the gun-carriage was supplied by D Battery, and the horses and drivers by the New Zealand Garrison Artillery. Chaplain Taylor officiated at the graveside. As the coffin was being placed on the gun-carriage the band played the "Marseillaise. The body was interred in the soldiers cemetery at Karori. [2]
ArchivesNZ hold information on him. They have his forename as Tetiamana:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=8650
Researching him I came across this facebook page with his grave on it!
Souvenir Français de Nouvelle Zélande
www.facebook.com/dg.sf.nz/photos_stream
In response to a post I left for them:
Souvenir Français de Nouvelle Zélande
Dear Sandy, thank you for your interest in our Face-book page. For your information, the tombstone of Tetiamana ATEA will soon be replaced by a new in order to correct the spelling of his last name and add the words "Mort pour la France " in French (died for France in English). You will find much more information on the site of our delegation: www.souvenir-francais.nz/
Update:
Stuff website 17 September 2018:
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/107082753/commemoratio...
SOURCES:
[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DO...
Private Tetiana A ATEA 010741
Photographed 10 August 2013
Tahitian Contingent
French Colonial Forces
Died 8 September 1918
Aged 31
Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1918, Page 3
Noted as ex New Zealander serving with an overseas force and dying of sickness. Forename given as Tetiamona and next of kin Mrs. Mihi A. Uraru, Tahiti.[1]
Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 303, 11 September 1918, Page 4
A full military funeral was yesterday morning accorded to the Franco-Tahitian reservist, Tetiamana-a-Atea, who died in the Victoria Hospital on Sunday. Those present included the General Officer Commanding (Sir Alfred Robin) and Staff.; Surgeon-General Henderson (Director of Medical Services), Mr. James Macintosh (French Consular Agent), Captain R. W. Smith, of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (who represented the Defence Department), and Captain Gentry (who was in charge of the draft of reservists). The firing party and band were from Trentham Camp, the gun-carriage was supplied by D Battery, and the horses and drivers by the New Zealand Garrison Artillery. Chaplain Taylor officiated at the graveside. As the coffin was being placed on the gun-carriage the band played the "Marseillaise. The body was interred in the soldiers cemetery at Karori. [2]
ArchivesNZ hold information on him. They have his forename as Tetiamana:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=8650
Researching him I came across this facebook page with his grave on it!
Souvenir Français de Nouvelle Zélande
www.facebook.com/dg.sf.nz/photos_stream
In response to a post I left for them:
Souvenir Français de Nouvelle Zélande
Dear Sandy, thank you for your interest in our Face-book page. For your information, the tombstone of Tetiamana ATEA will soon be replaced by a new in order to correct the spelling of his last name and add the words "Mort pour la France " in French (died for France in English). You will find much more information on the site of our delegation: www.souvenir-francais.nz/
Update:
Stuff website 17 September 2018:
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/107082753/commemoratio...
SOURCES:
[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DO...