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Remihana Hekiera

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Headstone of Private Remihana Hekiera (16/391). Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEAK7333). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Private Remihana Hekiera (16/391). Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Remihana AWMM
  • Surname
    Hekiera AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Remihana Harurunui Hekiera TE RANGAI Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 April 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LBJH-8B4/remihana-harurunui-hekiera-te-rangai-1889-1917
  • Service number
    WWI 16/391 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1892 (actually 1889) Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 April 2024 - Military record & https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LBJH-8B4/remihana-harurunui-hekiera-te-rangai-1889-1917
  • Place of birth
    Waikato Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 April 2024 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Hekiera TE RANGI (deceased, of Otorohanga) and his wife Tarati PIRINI, of Rangiatea Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 April 2024 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Hekiera Terangi (father), Otorohanga, New Zealand AWMM
    • Atereti Hekeiera (Sister) of Otewa, Otorohanga Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 April 2024 - Military record
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Battle of Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/391 AWMM
  • Military service
  • 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 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of the late Te Rangai Hekiera and his wife Tarati Pirini, of Rangiatea. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 May 1917 AWMM
    Messines, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM II. D. 18 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 320 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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17 April 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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