Moa Wahia

Forenames

Moa AWMM

Surname

Wahia AWMM

Also known as

Moa Wahia AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/482 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

March 10th 1890

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 April 2026 - Military Record

Place of birth

Tauraunga

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 April 2026 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Te Moananui and Hohepa Paama Wahia

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 April 2026 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Ani Ngarae, Matakana, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/482 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Next of Kin: Miss N. Wahia c/o G. Moore, Box 27, Tauranga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

9 Sept 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM H. 25. AWMM

Obituary

Moa WAHIA died 9th September 1915 on board the ship H.S. SALTA - He died of Pyrexia

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 February 2025 - Military record

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/R22021085
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130813.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/110068/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/110068
  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

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 748
• 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.