Hoani Smith

Taitara

Private

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Hoani AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Smith AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Hoani Smith AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 19394 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

16 Apr 1894 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

16 April 1894

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Wāhi Whānau

Nuhaka, near Wairoa

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Mrs. H. Smith, of Nuhaka

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Nuhaka, HB

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Uri kiritahi

Mrs Heni Smith (mother), Nuhaka, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

single

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Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western European

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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• Unit: New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion 13th Reinforcements
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Nama Hōia

WWI 19394 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1916-1918

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

British War & Victory Medals

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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 28 Aug 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp, Auckland
  (enlisted at the same time as Hoani METE (aka John Smith #
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

20yrs

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 13th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Hoani Smith was the son of Mrs. H. Smith, of Ruhaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs H. Smith, Nuhaka, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

11 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM II. K. 3. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

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

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7818899
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130760.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Project
  http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hoani-smith
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/35639/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35639
  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

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 37
• 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.
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].