Rongo Kiwara

Taitara

Private

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Rongo AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Kiwara AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/952 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

4 Mar 1895 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

4 Mar 1895

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Wāhi Whānau

Te Araroa, East Cape

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Father: son of Rupuha Apanui & Harangi Kiwara

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs Harangi Kiwara (mother), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
• Brother: H Kiwara of 1 Pebble Grove, Nae Nae
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Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Contingent
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Nama Hōia

WWI 16/952 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1915-1919

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals

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Te urunga

• WW1
• 5 July 1915 at Te Araroa (birth date 1898)
  2 Aug 1915 at Takapuna (birth adte 4 Mar 1895)
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

20yrs 7mths at Takapuna enlistment

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Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

Saddler

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Reported wounded, Admitted to hospital Sept 1916

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Next of Kin: Mrs H. Kiwara, Te Araroa, E. Coast (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Matenga

20 Dec 1919 AWMM

Rā i mate ai

20 Dec 1919

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Pakeke i te matenga

20yrs (?? by Birthdate in Military Records, should be 24yrs)

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Wāhi Mate

Te Kaha, BOP

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Te momo matenga

Typhoid and complications

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Tuhipoka mō te matenga

Died at Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty, 20 Dec 1919 of Typhoid and complications

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• 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

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18057786
  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
• 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

• 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.
  Page No: 398
• 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.