Kingi Hamana
Born 18 Aug 1873 - Died 3 Oct 1916
- Service number
- WWI 16/6 AWMM
- Also known as
- Hamana Kingi AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Kingi AWMM
- Surname
- Hamana AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Hamana Kingi AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/6 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 18 Aug 1873 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Rongo and Pine Hamana, of Te Wairoa, H.B.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kingi-hamana
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Pine Hamana (mother), Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/6 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
1916 2nd General Hospital, Chelsea then transferred to Walton AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
September 1916 Walton Hospital AWMM - Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of sickness AWMM - Height, WWI AWMM
5' 11" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
156 lb AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Rongo and Pine Hamana, of Te Wairoa, Hawkes Bay.
Listed in the New Zealand War Contingent Association weekly report published in the Chronicles of the NZEF (August (1) p. 19)
Reported as "not at all well, does not seem to improve much" in the New Zealand War Contingent Association hospital report published in the Chronicles of the NZEF (August (2) p. 41), visited in Walton Hospital
No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Mount Felix, Walton. (see vertical files (Hospitals, Military), Armoury Information Centre, Auckland War Memorial Museum)
Embarked for Gallipoli, 30 June 1915.
Disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt, from Mudros, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).
Embarked Port Said, Egypt, and proceeded overseas to France, 9 April 1916.
Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, Armentieres, and transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, 13 July 1916 (bronchitis); to No 35 General Hospital, Calais, 14 July 1916; reported 'dangerous ill', 27 July 1916; to England, and admitted to No 2 London General Hospital, Chelsea, 28 July 1916; transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 16 August 1916.
Died, No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 3 October 1916 (pneumonia).
Parents: Rongo and Pine Hamana, Te Wairoa, Hawke's Bay
Next of Kin: Mrs P. Hamana, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 3 Oct 1916 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Sickness AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Walton and Weybridge (Walton-on-Thames) Cemetery, Surrey, England AWMM Screen Wall. 910. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- A London cable to-day reports that Kingi Hamana has died in Wai; ton Hospital. This is the first Maori soldier's* death which has occurred in England.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 July 2024 - HAWKE'S BAY TRIBUNE, VOLUME VI, ISSUE 250, 6 OCTOBER 1916, PAGE 6
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16790557
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130613.html
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/402078/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/402078
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
- Military personnel file
- 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.
Vol1: 295 - New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- 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. 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.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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