Title

Private

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Forenames

Joe AWMM

Surname

Williams AWMM

Also known as

• Joe Williams AWMM
• AKA Ho Huni Wiremu Rori
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Service number

WWI 16/112 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Roman Catholic

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Birth

1884 Public Source

Date of birth

1884

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Place of birth

Hokianga

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Birth notes

son of Wiremu Rori

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tuparoa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Wiremu Rori, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• son: Petera H Hirori (Williams) c/- McAlister, Sealey St, Thames, (later c/- Kikaera Kinu of Kaihu
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Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• husband of Raiha Heke, of Kaihu, Hobson
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/112 AWMM

Military service

Nov 1914-Aug 1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 514155

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 14 Nov 1914 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

30yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for William Ludbrook of Tuparoa, East Coast

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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

Medical notes

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of dysentery AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Son of Mr. Ngakuru Williams and Maraka Hokianga; husband of Raiha Heke, of Kaihu, Hobson, Auckland. Native of Kaihu, Hobson.

Next of Kin: c/o Mr M. Miru, Kaihu, Nth Wairoa (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

13 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  38 AWMM

Place of death

At sea, HMHS Neuralia

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Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery name

Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey

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Obituary

The following letter has reached the Prime Minister from a Maori father whose son fell at the front while serving with the Maori forces at Gallipoli; O Chiefs of the Government of New Zealand and the Maori people, I now reply to your merciful announcement of the death of my son, Ho Wiremu Rori. It is a source of pride and satisfaction ro me to have your assurance of your concern in my loss of my son. Accept now my assurance that I do not begrudge him in this world conflict; it is enough for me to reflect that he has died doing his duty to his country. ln that sense, then, I do not grieve for him, but naturally the pangs of a parent are mine. As it is written: There is a time for sorrow and a time for rejoicing. I thank you for our kind concern, and will add some words of farewell to my departed and beloved son Depart, thou descendant of Rahiri. Farewell, thou descendant of Tupoto, Of Kopuru, of Tama-ki-te-ra, Thou descendant of Heaven above And of Earth beneath, Of Tamatea-uri, of Pareaute, and of Te N Araiti; Thou representative of the warrior tribe of Ngatirangi. Let that suffice as a farewell to my son. From your humble friend, Wlremu Hori.

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Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• 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/R22019824
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/720582/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/720582
  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.
  Page No: 783
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.