Te Ruawai Hunia

Title

Private

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Forenames

Te Ruawai AWMM

Surname

Hunia AWMM

Also known as

• Te Ruawai Huma AWMM
• Ruawai AWMM
• Te Ruawai HUNA
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Service number

WWI 20866 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Date of birth

1884 (by death aged = 1891)

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Place of birth

Opotiki

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Birth notes

Son of Te Urukaiata and Ani Hunia

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Address before enlistment

Whakatane, BOP

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Next of kin

Mrs Mere Ihaia Tairua (mother), Matata, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 19th Reinforcements NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 20866 AWMM

Military service

1916-1917

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 506296

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Enlistment

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

Said to be 38yrs, then 32yrs at enlistment (aged 26yrs at death in 1917)

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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 (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Te Ruawai Hunia was the son of Hunia Teurukaiata and Ani.

Brother of Lance Corporal Winiata Hunia (3068) of the AIF, who died in France on the 7th of July 1918.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Hunia, Vivian st, Wellington (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

31 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXVI. D. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

Opotiki War Memorial

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Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
• 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/R18050978
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130555.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433186/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433186
  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

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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 34
• 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