Josiah Manuel

Title

Sergeant

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Forenames

Josiah AWMM

Surname

Manuel AWMM

Also known as

• Hohia Manuera AWMM
• Hohia MANUERA
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Service number

• WWI 16/656 AWMM
• WWI 1/194 AWMM
• 1/194
  Public - Brian - Researcher - 13 June 2016 - MANUEL, Josiah - [a.k.a. MANUERA, Hohia] - WW1 16/656, 1/194 - Army
  
  (R10928376)

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Aupouri, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

7 Aug 1891 Public Source

Date of birth

7 Aug 1891

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Place of birth

Te Koa, North Cape, NZ

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Birth notes

son of Walter Manuel

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Address before enlistment

• WW1 304 Tinakori Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Shakespeare Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• 1914-1915: Tinakoi Road, Wellington
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Next of kin

• WW1 Waata Manuera, Te Kao, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 W. Manuel (father), Te Kao, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Waata Manuera (aka Walter Manuel) of Te Kao
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Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914: Australasian; post 1915: Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1914-1915: Samoa Expendition Force; 1915-1917 NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

• WWI 16/656 AWMM
• WWI 1/194 AWMM
• 1/194
  Public - Brian - Researcher - 13 June 2016 - MANUEL, Josiah - [a.k.a. MANUERA, Hohia] - WW1 16/656, 1/194 - Army
  
  (R10928376)

Military service

1914-1915 & 1915-1917

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Enlistment

• WW1
• 10 Aug 1914 at Wellington for the 5th Wellington Regiment
  6 July 1915 at Takapuna
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Age on enlistment

1914: 23yrs; 1915: 23yrs 10mths

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Occupation before enlistment

1914-15: Civil Servant
Post 1915: Civil Servant

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Embarkation details

• WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Private AWMM 5th (Wellington) Regiment AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Sergeant AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 21 Jun 1917 AWMM Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Josiah Manuel was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Manuel, of Te Kao, North Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Manuera, Te Kao, Mangonui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

21 Jun 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France AWMM I. S. 37. AWMM

Obituary

• MANUERA;—In grateful and loving remembrance of Sergt. Hohia Manuera (Joseph Manuel), who laid down his life for his King, his country, and his friends, on the 21st June, 1917. "Greater love hath no man than this."
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 March 2025 - NEW ZEALAND'S ROLL OF HONOUR.
  Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 147, 21 June 1918, Page 1
• Judging from recent casualty list the Maori Contingents have been in a hot corner lately we regret to learn that Sergeant J. Manuel son of Manuera Waata has been killed in action.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 April 2024 - NORTHLAND AGE, VOLUME 14, ISSUE 44, 12 JULY 1917, PAGE 4

Memorial name

Te Kao War Memorial, North Cape, NZ

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Memorial name

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

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10928376
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130672.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/203775/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/203775
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 482
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 482
• 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.
• 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.