Danish, born in Kronge, Denmark. Son of Johann Thiele and Hanne Scheele. Served as a captain in the Danish Army in the war with Prussia in 1864. Followed Bishop Monrad to New Zealand in 1868. Fought with the yeomanry cavalry in South Taranki region against Titokowaru's warriors in 1869 & 1869. His obituary notes he was wounded in this campaign. From New Zealand he travelled to South America and Britian. Married Edith Mary Cooke in London in the early 1870s; three daughters and one son. In the 1880's Thiele moved his family to Fiji and he worked for the Colonial Sugar refining Company in Nausori. Worked as an editor of the Planters' Journal and as an assessor for the Fifi Supreme Court; also a mason. Retired to Suva in 1913. Died 25 June 1917 and is buried in the Korovau cemetery (Grave Number: 5361).
Thiele, Hans Henrick, 1845-1917
London, Karol, fl 2011 :Photograph of Edith and Hans Henrick Thiele
Date: April 1901
By: London, Karol, active 2011
Reference: PAColl-9892
Description: Photograph of Edith and Hans Thiele at Nausori, Fiji, taken April 1901 by an unidentified photographer Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Edith and Hans Thiele at Nausori April 1901. Hans Thiele worked for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company in Nausori, Fiji, from the early 1880s to early 1900s Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print 15.2 x 10 cm Provenance: Donated by Karol London, South Westland, 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-10803 : London, Karol, fl 2011 : Research papers relating to Hans Henrick Thiele and Titokowaru's War.
London, Karol, fl 2011 : Research papers relating to Hans Henrick Thiele and Titokowaru...
Date: 1917, 2011
By: London, Karol, active 2011
Reference: MS-Papers-10803
Description: Collection comprises a typescript and manuscript article `Notes on the Maori disturbances in New Zealand during 1868 & 1869. By a Danish officer'. This article was originally written in Danish in 1868 by Hans Thiele and later translated into English. This translation was written by Thiele and his daughter Marie Madeleine Thiele (see note at end of article). Thiele served with the yeomanry cavalry who aided the Armed Constabulary and the Colonial Government troops under Colonel Whitmore who were fighting Titokowaru's forces in the South Taranki region. The war was engaged over rights to confiscated land and this history is highlighted in these accounts. Beginning at Wairoa (Waverley) this first hand account is detailed and gives a great insight into the tactics and practices of the colonial forces and Titokowaru's warriors, and their various military engagements. Thiele indicates the number of casualties and comments on the Hauhau's rites of cannibalism and the practice of removing the human heart from those slain in battle. Theile comments on pa sites, redoubts and fortifications. The narrative traces the defeat of the colonial troops in the early part of the campaign in 1868 then continues into 1869 as Colonel Whitmore purses Titokowaru at the Waitotara River and on to Patea. The article ends with Thiele detailing the removal of fifty Maori prisoners by the paddle steamer `Sturt' from Wanganui to Wellington. Includes photocopy of Thiele's obituary `Old colonist dies' published in the Fiji Times, 27 June 1917. Also a detailed biography of Hans Thiele compiled by Karol London. Source of title - Supplied by Library Hans Henrick Thiele was a Captain in the Danish Army (1864). Fought with the yeomanry cavalry in Taranaki against Titokowaru (1869). From New Zealand he travelled to South America, Britian and Fiji. Died in Suva in 1917. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts & printed material Transfers: Collection taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - Black and white photographic print of Edith and Hans Thiele at Nausori in Fiji.