Hohepa Marino

Title

Private

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Forenames

Hohepa AWMM

Surname

Marino AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/139 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Māori AWMM

Religion

Roman Catholic

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Birth

1 Jan 1893 Public Source

Date of birth

1 Jan 1893

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Place of birth

Rotoma

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Birth notes

son of Ihaka and Wirihe Marino, of Tologa Bay

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mamaku, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Hura Marino, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Egyptian - Gallipoli
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/139 AWMM

Military service

Dec 1914 - Sept 1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 508787

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 8 Oct 1914 at Rotorua
  6 Dec 1914 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

21yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Timber worker

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Son of Ihaka and Wirihe Marino, of Tologa Bay, New Zealand. Born at Rotorua, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr H. Marino, Tolaga Bay, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

2 Sept 1915 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey AWMM Special Memorial C. 14. AWMM

Obituary

Private Hohepa Marino (previously reported wounded, now reported died of wounds, September 2) was a brother of lima Marino, Tolaga Bay, and youngest son of Ihaka Marino, Rotorua. He was born in 1896, and educated at Tolaga Bay School, and was engaged in the timber industry at Mamaku. He enlisted with the first Maori Contingent, and met his death in that last great dash of the New Zealanders at Anzac.

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Memorial name

The Arawa War Memorial, Rotorua

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Memorial name

• 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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10928483
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130676.html
  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/605910/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/605910
  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: 483
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• 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.
• 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.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.