Alfred William Hicks

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Alfred William AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hicks AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 47887 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

• 25 Mar 1891 Public Source
• 6 Mar 1892 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

6 March 1892

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

son of William James Thomas Hicks & Annabella Faulkner

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Te Araroa

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Uri kiritahi

W.J.T. Hicks (father), Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

1916 married Mataroa Kiwara at Te Araroa

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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
• J Coy, transferred to NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion, 17th Reinforcements
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Nama Hōia

WWI 47887 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1917-1919

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Hairdresser/Civilian AWMM
• 2 March 1917 at Gisborne
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

25yrs

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 26 Apr 1917-20 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 84 AWMM Vessel was Turakina AWMM Private AWMM 17th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Feb 1918 suffering from diarrhoea; June 1918 Influenza

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Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private

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His parents were William James Thomas Hick & Annie Isabella Faulkner ( Public Source, 9/06/15) AWMM

Matenga

28 Aug 1955 Public Source

Pakeke i te matenga

63yrs

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Tuhipoka mō te matenga

Alfred William Hicks died 24 Aug 1955 aged 63yrs

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Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16795075
  Further Reference
• https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/
  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

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  62: 38
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.
• HMNZT 84 - The klink : a souvenir of the voyage of S.S. Turakina (H.M.N.Z.T. 84) April to July, 1917; and a history of the doings of the Left Wing of the 25th Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. on their way to the Front -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. : 1917