Taemiti Tauvao was born about 1895, in Avao, Gaga'emauga, Savai'i, Samoa as the son of Malu ll Tauvao and Faataualofa Lagaaia. He married Taealio in Fa'aala, Palauli, Savai'i, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He died in Sataua, Samoa.
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Germany annexes Western Samoa, the U.S. takes over eastern Samoa and Britain withdraws its claim to the islands in accordance with treaty between Germany, Britain and the U.S.
New Zealand occupies Western Samoa during World War I and continues to administer it after the war by virtue of a League of Nations mandate (and a United Nations mandate after World War II).
U.S. troops stationed in Western Samoa during World War II, but no battles are fought on the islands.
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