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Whitu Wainohu

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/203 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. Cultural Permissions may apply.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Whitu AWMM
  • Surname
    Wainohu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/203 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 August 1884 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    10 August 1884 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Taueru, Masterton Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    son of Hiromina Wainohu Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Hiromina Wainohu, Mohaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Hiromina Wainohu, Landsdowne, Masterton Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1930 married Okeroa Ratima Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian - Gallipoli & Mudros, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/203 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1918 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
    • 15 Nov 1914 at Avondale Military Camp Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record
  • Age on enlistment
    20yrs 2mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 January 1951 Public Source
  • Date of death
    • 6 January 1951 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
    • correction: 6 January 1931 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Research
  • Age at death
    68yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Research
  • Place of death
    Masterton NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Archer St, Masterton, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 April 2016 - Research
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
05 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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