Wharekete Te Ngaio
Born 1891 - Died 24 Mar 1916
- Service number
- WWI 16/42 AWMM
- Also known as
- Wharekite Te Ngaio AWMM
- Wharekete Te Ngaio AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Forenames
- Wharekete AWMM
- Surname
- Te Ngaio AWMM
- Ingoa
- —
- Also known as
- Wharekite Te Ngaio AWMM
- Wharekete Te Ngaio AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/42 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1891 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 1891Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Place of birth
- Mahia, HB, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Birth notes
- son of Hemi & Materua te NgaioPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Opoutama, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- —
- Next of kin
- Mrs Materua te Ngaio (mother), Opoutama, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- father - Mr Hemi Te Ngaio of OpoutamaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian - Galipoli, & Egyptian EFPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/42 AWMM
- Military service
- 1914-1916Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- —
Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 512910Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Medals
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- —
- Branch Trade Proficiency
- —
- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 3 Oct 1914 at Wairoa, HBPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 23yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
- Labourer for G C Ormond of MahiaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- —
- Days interned
- —
- Liberation date
- —
- POW liberation details
- —
- Liberation Repatriation
- —
- POW serial number
- —
Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Mar 1916 - seriously ill, 24/3/1916 died of Spiral MeningitisPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Aug 1915 - wounded elbow. Readmitted to Hospital Jan 1916 with Rheumatism.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM - Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- Next of Kin: Mrs M. Te Ngaio, Opoutama, H. B. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 24 Mar 1916 AWMM
- Date of death
- —
- Age at death
- —
- Place of death
- Shoubra Hospital near Cairo, EgyptPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Died of Spiral MeningitisPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Death notes
- DIED OF DISEASE - MAORI CONTINGENT.
Te Ngaio Wharekete, 16/42 Frivate (Materua Te Ngaio, Opoutama, Hawke's Bay, mother).Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 April 2024 - FALLEN NEW ZEALANDERS
NEW ZEALAND TIMES, VOLUME XLI, ISSUE 9309, 28 MARCH 1916, PAGE 6 - Died of sicknessPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- DIED OF DISEASE - MAORI CONTINGENT.
- Cemetery
- Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM F. 15. AWMM
- Cemetery name
- —
- Grave reference
- —
- Obituary
- MAORI CASUALTY LIST. - TE NGAIO WHARAKETE, died of meningitis, March 24, 1916—Materua Te Ngaio, Opoutama, Hawke's Bay (mother).Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2024 - CASUALTY LIST. - AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XLVII, ISSUE 74, 27 MARCH 1916, PAGE 6
- Memorial name
- —
- Memorial reference
- —
Memorial
- Memorial name
- 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/R7824868
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/113731/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/113731
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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 717 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 4: Includes portrait - 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.
- New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- 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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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