Pera Te Hau

Title

Private

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Forenames

Pera AWMM

Surname

Te Hau AWMM

Also known as

Pera Te Hau AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/964 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1882 Public Source

Date of birth

1882

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Place of birth

Muriwai, Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Pita te Hau (father), Muriwai, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian, Egyptian E F & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/964 AWMM

Military service

1915-1918

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 512963

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Enlistment

• WW1
• 31 July 1915 at Trentham
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Age on enlistment

23yrs 7mths

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Occupation before enlistment

labourer for Peter Te Hau of Muriwai

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Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Pera Te Hau was the son of Pita and Kiwa Te Hau, of Muriwai, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr Pita te Hau, Waiari P. B. Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

5 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France AWMM Plot 2. Row B. Grave 10. AWMM

Obituary

Advice has been received by Mr. Pera Te Hau, of Muriwai, that his son, Private Pera Te Hau, aged 27, was killed in action on April 5th. Deceased was a member of the second Maori contingent.

TE HAU. — In Loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Pera Te Hau, who was killed in action on April sth, 1918.
A lonely grave in a far-off land
A grave we may never see;
But while life and Memory last
We will remember thee.
— Inserted by his loving parents, sisters and .brothers

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 September 2023 - ROLL OF HONOR. - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 14582, 18 APRIL 1918, PAGE 3 &
FOR HONOR'S CAUSE. - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLVI, ISSUE 14879, 5 APRIL 1919, PAGE 2

Memorial name

Gisborne War Memorial

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7824719
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130781.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/118395/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/118395
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 716
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.