Peter Emery

Forenames

Peter AWMM

Surname

Emery AWMM

Also known as

Pita Emere AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/439 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

Nov 1893 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Birth notes

• Son of Edward Te Rohutu EMERY & Ngawiki Rauroha PAREKARAU
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 February 2025 - https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/peter-emery-24-1846mjp
• Son of Te Rohutu EMERY of Kihikihi
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2024 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kihikihi, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Rangi Auraki Emery, Tinawhae, Waikato, 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 16/439 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian 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
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 7" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  175 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

War service: Egypt
Admitted to 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, 28 August 1915 (enteric and pneumonia).
Died of disease (typhoid), 28 August 1915.

Next of Kin: Mr Te R. Emery, Kihikihi, Waipa (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

28 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM H127 AWMM

Obituary

MAORI CONTINGENT. Died of enteric fever and pneumonia August 28 at No. 21 General Hospital, Alexandra.
— Peter EMERY - Rangiuaraki Emery. Temawhia, Waikato.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Comrade - 29 June 2024 - AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XLVI, ISSUE 215, 9 SEPTEMBER 1915, PAGE 7

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• WWI Roll of Honour, Ngāti Maniapoto's Memorial Flag Pole, Te Tokanganui-a-Noho, Te Kūiti AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21001036
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130599.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/108730/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/108730
  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

• Roa, T., Paki, M., & Pūrekireki Marae. (2015). Maiea te tupua : whānau accounts of Waikato-Maniapoto World War One veterans and one conscriptee : commemorating 100 years of World War One. Pirongia : Pūrekireki Marae.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 215
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• 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
• 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.
• McClintock, K., Turner, K., Searancke, M., Manawaiti, S., Meredith, P. (2024). Ngāti Maniapoto Ope Taua 1914 – 1918.
• 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.