Hemi Rewharewha
Born 6 Jan 1897 - Died 31 Dec 1917
- Service number
- WWI 19755 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Hemi AWMM
- Surname
- Rewharewha AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 19755 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 6 Jan 1897 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 6 Jan 1897Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
- Place of birth
- Torere, BOPPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
- Birth notes
- Son of Putiki and Ritihia RewharewhaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record & Research
- Address before enlistment
- Torere, BOPPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Rewharewha Putiki (father), Torere, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- singlePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
- Service number
- WWI 19755 AWMM
- Military service
- Jan 1917 - Dec 1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 511067Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- 3 Apr 1917 at Narrow Neck CampPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
- Age on enlistment
- 20yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Military record
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Jul 1917-16 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 88 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Hemi Rewharewha was the son of Rewharewha Putiki and Ritihia, of Torere, Opotiki, New Zealand.
Next of Kin: Mr K. Putiki, Torere, Opotiki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - Two 20-person contingents, including the NZDF Māori Cultural group, from New Zealand are set to attend Anzac Day services in Belgium and France.
Sylvia and Brent Pene are part of the contingent and are practising haka-items at the New Zealand Defence Force’s Whenuapai base over the next two days in preparation for their very first Anzac ceremony in Belgium.
They’re also set to honour the service and sacrifice of all New Zealand personnel and support established local communities' Anzac Day services, but there will be one particular soldier they will be holding very close to their hearts.
“This kaupapa is quite a personal one visiting my koroua, Private Hemi Rewharewha, it’s going to be quite a hard haerenga,” says Sylvia Brent.
Over 12,000 New Zealand soldiers and airmen from the First and Second World Wars are buried and memorialised in Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries in Belgium and France.
Sylvia Brent of Ngāi Tai, Te Whakatōhea and Te Aitanga a Mahaki descent says her great grand uncle Private Hemi Rewharewha will be the key focus of her Anzac Day this year.
Rewharewha, son of Ritihia and Rewharewha Putiki served in World War 1 and died December 31st 1917 at the tender age of 21 years.
“A couple of years ago they dug up his medal that was sent home to parents whose sons were killed in action and that was just overwhelming for the family to come across it, but for me on a personal level I felt the pouri of his māma Ritihia Honatana i Ngāi Tai ki Tōrere, to me it was a medal that could never replace her son,” says Sylvia Brent.
Sylvia and Brent Pene, along with the NZDF Māori Cultural group leave New Zealand for Europe on Sunday.
Our reporter Heeni Brown with this story on Te KāePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/nzdf-whanau-prepare-meet-private-hemi-rewharewha
- Hemi Rewharewha was the son of Rewharewha Putiki and Ritihia, of Torere, Opotiki, New Zealand.
About death
- Death
- 31 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXVI. D. 2. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Opotiki War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/opotiki-war-memorial
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20805342
Further Reference - 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433277/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433277
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
68: 16 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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