Eruera Kawhia
I whānau mai i te Declared on Military Form 12 Sept 1893 (should be 1896)
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Military record
- I mate atu i te 8 Jun 1916 - Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/95 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Eruera AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Kawhia AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/95 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Porou, Ngā Iwi o Horouta, Horouta, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Pono
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
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- Rā i whānau mai ai
- Declared on Military Form 12 Sept 1893 (should be 1896)Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Military record
- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Raniera and Heni Kawhia, of RangitukiaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/eruera-kawhia
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Pre 10 Oct 1914 AWMM Rangitukia, Port Awanui, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Raniera Tuhoro Kawhia (father), Kahukura, Port Awanui, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Somme AWMM
- Armentieres AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/95 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Depot (Hornchurch) AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- In service New Zealand, 21 October 1914 - 9 February 1915 AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 10 Oct 1914 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
6 feet AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
14 stone 2 pounds AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
brown AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Black AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
17 December 1915 admitted 1st South General Hospital discharged 29? December 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
received in action, Armentieres 8 June 1916 AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
received in action AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Eruera Kawhia was the son of Raniera and Heni Kawhia, of Rangitukia, brother of Potene Tuhoro (16/769)
He attested at Kahukura 10 October 1914 and lied about his age. He was 15 or 16 years old
Military History sheet records he served in New Zealand 21 October 1914 to 9 February 1915 (112 days)
Aboard HMNZT 20 10 February 1915 to 25 March 1915 (44 days)
AWMM Auckland War Memorial Museum. Scars on the Heart gallery, WW1. Signature on the Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 624.
Egypt 26 March 1915 to 5 April 1915 (11 days)
Casualty form records he boarded Aquitania for England [from Egypt] 1915
16 January 1916 attached to strength, Hornchurch 16 January 1916
14 April 1916 left for Boulogne , France 14 April 1916
17 April 1916 attached to strength, Etaples
17 May 1916 to rejoin unit
Parents, Raniera and Heni had 2 sons die in WW1: Eruera Kawhia (16/95) and Potene Tuhoro (16/769). They went on to have 2 more sons and they named them in memory of the older boys. The namesakes are: Eruera Armentières Tuhoro (802247) and Potene Brockenhurst Tuhoro.
Lied about age to enlist, claimed to have been born 12 September 1893. He was only 15 or 16 years old
Next of Kin: Mr R. T. Kawhia, Pahukura, Pt Awanui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1))
Auckland War Memorial Museum. Exhibition. 2008 "In Memory". Installation commissioned for the 90th Armistice anniversary. Curator, Peter Kirby. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 8 Jun 1916 AWMM
Age 20 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM II. A. 34. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Gisborne War Memorial AWMM
- St Mary's Church, Memorial Board, Tikitiki, near Rangitukia, East Coasts, New Zealand AWMM
- Tairawhiti Marae Gates, Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Tangata Ope Tauā
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18055397
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130655.html
Further Reference - Auckland War Memorial Museum. Web pages (2010). "In Memory". Eruera Kawhia and Potene Tuhoro
https://web.archive.org/web/20130523215613/http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/?t=832
Further Reference - No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
Further Reference - Potene Tuhoro feature, Hampshire Big Theme, Hampshire County Council
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/1914/1914-features.htm?id=193
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/276642/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/276642
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 - Auckland War Memorial Museum. Exhibition. 2008 "In Memory". Installation commissioned for the 90th Armistice anniversary. Curator, Peter Kirby.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100522022548/http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/813/personal-stories
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
- 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.
Vol1: 383 - Ko te Kahiti o Niu Tireni : The New Zealand gazette; official government gazette for Maori
- Carkeek, R. (2003). Home little Maori home : a memoir of the Maori contingent 1914-1916. Wellington, N.Z.: Totika Publications.
- Truttman, L.J. (2005). Waiatarua: The Training Camp for the First Maori Contingent at Avondale (1914-1915). Auckland, N.Z.: Author.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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