Whiti Eruera

Forenames

Whiti AWMM

Surname

Eruera AWMM

Also known as

• White AWMM
• Eruera White AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/580 AWMM
• WWI 16/580A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Whanau a Apanui, Māori AWMM
• Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngā Iwi o Ara Tāwhao, Ara Tāwhao, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

4 Mar 1893 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Harawera Eruera, of Raukokore

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Address before enlistment

Pre 28 Jun 1915 AWMM Raukokore, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

E. Harawira (father), Raukokore, via Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• Messines AWMM
• Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 2nd NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

• WWI 16/580 AWMM
• WWI 16/580A AWMM

Military service

1915-1917

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Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Plaque & Scroll # 503864
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Enlistment

WW1 28 Jun 1915 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM
Bushman/Civilian AWMM

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

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 9 1/4 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  13 stone AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Arrived Suez on 26 October 1915

Whiti Eruera was the son of Harawera Eruera also known as Eruera Harawera, of Raukokore, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. Archives New Zealand record number as 16/580A

Next of Kin: Mr H. Eruera, Raukekori, Bay of Plenty (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

7 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Opotiki War Memorial

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Memorial name

• Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21001231
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130601.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  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 at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
  https://archive.org/details/newzealandatfron00lond/newzealandatfron00lond
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• 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.
  Page No: 217
• 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.
• New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.