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Hi, I am trying to research my family please and any help would be much appreciated, I know George Arthur Te Puni was in the 25th battalion and fought in North Africa WW2 but have come to a stop. Any idea's were I could look to research this please. Thanks
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A George Arthur Te Puni is showing on electoral registers for Wellington NZ between 1949 - 1978. Is this the right person?
Are you researching his ancestry or his WW2 service?
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Hi. yes that is him thanks, as I have just started researching I am looking up both, history of the family and his war service, Thanks
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I don't know if this will help, there is a Te Puni family that could be related on Family Search K2QJ-298.
Ivor Arthur Te Puni, born 1886, Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand.
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and his war service
Below link has some military information such as his service # address, occupation etc. And his sisters name.
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C129000
Also in New Zealand archives there is also indexes to a couple of records including a index to his probate.
https://archway.archives.govt.nz/
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Going by the name of his sister on his military record this appears to have been her marriage.
New Zealand marriage index
1929/ 6573 Ida Minnie Te Puni AND George McLeod
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George Arthur Te Puni. service number 805104 .
71 Esplanade, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand.
Next of kin. Mrs I. MacLeod (sister), 71 Esplanade, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand.
Relationship status, Pre 21 Feb 1944 Single.
Embarkation details. WW2 Vessel was Mooltan or Willem Ruys, Infantry Reinforcements, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
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Ida Minnie Te Puni.
Immigration, 1926. Age 20, single. Ship Name Ulimaroa.
Event Place Sydney, New Zealand.
Departure Port Wellington.
Arrival Port Sydney.
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I couldnt find George's birth index, most likely he was born outside the online dates. Found his sister's birth tho which gives both parents names.
1907/16852 Te Puni Ida Minnie Mother Georgina Father Thomas Henry
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 0, 29 November 1923.
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Quiet a few articles on the family in the newspapers.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers
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ROLL OF HONOUR
Auckland Star
3 January, 1945
George A Te Puni. Wounded
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If Ida Minnie was Georges sister and their parents Thomas Henry Te Puni and Georgina then this may help.. from Family Search.
Thomas Henry Te Puni. born 1884 Petone, Wellington, New Zealand. death 1978.
father Atanatiu Te Puni. born 1860 Petone, Wellington, New Zealand. death 1900.
married Alice Mary Edmonds. 1883 Petone, Wellington. born 1863. death 1914.
Atanatiu Te Puni.
father Te Whare or Henare Te Puni. born 1812 Taranaki, New Zealand. death 1887.
married 1855.
mother Rangiwahia. 1827 Canterbury, New Zealand. death 1913.
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Thank you all for this information, it has given me a great starting point, Thanks again
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Just found another tree on Family Search LJTB-TW4 but not sure how correct it is baring in mind his sister was born in c1906.
George Arthur Te Puni. born 25 July 1925. death 6 March 1981 Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
WWII - 2nd NZEF, Infantry Reinforcements - Private 805104. Occupation Electrical engineer.
Marriage: 1946. May Jane Cameron. born 15 may 1927. death 19 Feb 1997.
Also Thomas Henry Te Puni. wife could be Georgina Baldwin.
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Captain John Atanatiu Tomawhakapitana Te Puni was the son of Georgina Baldwin, she had two other daughters Ida Minnie Te Puni and Amira Elizabeth Te Puni. Georgina later married John Torrence Lyle and had my great uncle Eric Torrence Lyle. John Atanatiu Tomawhakapitana Te Puni lived at 71 Esplanade Petone an adress mentioned in this set of replies
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Hi Sue,
Welcome to RootsChat :)
History2015 sent the following message to me instead of clicking on the reply button to his topic on the te puni family
Hi are you related to the Te Puni family
Regards
Sarah
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Hi History 2015, I am a relative of Georgina Baldwin. Her first marriage was to John Lyle she had one son and then married Thomas Te Puni. John and Georgina had a son, Eric Lyle, he married my mothers Aunt Whanapani Raita Clark. In the family trees I have seen Georgina did not have a George and in fact he is 20 years younger than Eric, her son John, Ida and Amira who died at birth. I wonder then given he lived at the same address they all did but after they had left home whether George is actually the next generation and was raised as a sibling