Hono Paufai

Forenames

Hono AWMM

Surname

Paufai AWMM

Also known as

Hono Paufai AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2078 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

11 Sept 1892 AWMM
Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM

Address before enlistment

179 Hobson Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Louie Paufai (mother), Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2078 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Barber/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 8.75 inches AWMM
• Tattoos, Unknown Period AWMM
  tattoo on left front forearm AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  GSW chest 1915 AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died from chest injuries and tubercular illness also known as influenza AWMM

Last rank

WW1 17 Nov 1916 AWMM
No longer fit on account of wounds and illness received on active service AWMM
Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of the late Pagetao and Fipe. Born Niue Island. Served in Egypt, 1915-16, and at Gallipoli.

Listed at Archives New Zealand and the CWGC as Paufai Hono.

Next of Kin: Mrs L. Paufai, Nuie Island (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

6 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Prot. Soldiers Area A, Row 1, Grave 2. AWMM

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/R20799573
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hono-paufai
  Further Reference
• Casualty Department Nominal Rolls of Service Personnel Returning to New Zealand Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/ACC080/searchnominal.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643133/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643133
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

References

• HMNZT 24. Maunganuian : one of the many unofficial journals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. (1915). At sea: Fifth Reinforcements. Printe by W.F. Forster and Co., Albany.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 569
• The New Zealand Herald
  New Zealand Herald, 9 November 1918, p1. Death notice
• Pointer, M. (2000). Tagi tote e loto haaku - My heart is crying a little : Niue Island involvement in the Great War, 1914-1918. Alofi, Niue ; Suva, Fiji: Government of Niue ; Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific.
• Pointer, M. (2015). Niue 1774-1974 : 200 years of conflict and change. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press.
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.