Hemi Hill

Title

Private

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Forenames

Hemi AWMM

Surname

Hill AWMM

Also known as

Hemi HIRA

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Service number

WWI 20875 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1895 Public Source

Date of birth

1895

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Place of birth

Opotiki, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Roger Hill and Whareherehere Anaru Mataki

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Address before enlistment

Raukorere, BOP, NZ

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Next of kin

Miss Elen Hill (sister), Raukokini, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• Messines AWMM
• Western European
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 20875 AWMM

Military service

1916-1917

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 565934 (or 505934)

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM
• 1 Aug 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp
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Age on enlistment

21 yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Hemi Hill was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Hill.

Next of Kin: Miss E. Hill, Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

7 Jun 1917 AWMM

Age at death

22yrs

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Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Death notes

Died of wounds received in battle.

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Cemetery

Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. A. 18. AWMM

Memorial name

St Mary's Tikitiki Church War Memorial

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Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Menin Gate, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
  Public - Brent - Other relative - 1 August 2021 - I have physically sighted his name on the plaques on the inside of Menin Gate.

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18047927
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130627.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/443895/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/443895
  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 at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
• 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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 34
• New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
  New Zealand at the front. (1917), page 141.
• 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.
• HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17