Robert Wikitera

Title

Private

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Forenames

Robert AWMM

Surname

Wikitera AWMM

Also known as

Robert Wikitera AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/371 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Roman Catholic

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Birth

1 Jan 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

1 Jan 1892

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Place of birth

Whangape, Northland, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Mr. Wikitera Reone Ngaruhe, of Mitimite, Hokianga

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whangape, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Wikitera Reone, Whangape, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/371 AWMM

Military service

1914-1917

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 514069

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Military training

15th Regt Terriorials

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 13 Nov 1914 at Avondale Military Camp
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Age on enlistment

22yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Bushfelling

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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 wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Mr. Wikitera Reone Ngaruhe, of Mitimiti, Hokianga, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr P. Wikitera, Mills St, Onehunga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

19 Nov 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM III. I. 5. 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/R22019169
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130837.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/97181/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/97181
  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 War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 777
• 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. 2: 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.
• 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.