Kingi Te Whetu
Born 2 Jan 1897 - Died 1945
- Service number
- WWI 20046 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Kingi AWMM
- Surname
- Te Whetu AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 20046 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Tamakaimoana, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngā Iwi o Mataatua, Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 2 Jan 1897 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Te Whetu & Ruihi PARATAPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 December 2025 - Military records
- Address before enlistment
- Ruatoki, WhakatanePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 December 2025 - Military records
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Te Whetu Paerata (father), Ruatoki, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 December 2025 - Military records
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 20046 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 1917 AWMM
Age 20 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 22 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 95 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM 23rd Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
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- Last rank
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Biographical information
- One of the 50 Tuhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Tamakaimoana. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn.20046, 23rd Reinforcements Māori Contingent, embarked 22-Nov-1917 for Liverpool England. Labourer, next of kin - Te Whetu and Ruihi Paerata (parents) Ruatoki; b. 02-Jan-1897 Ruatoki, declared age as 20Y when he enlisted in 1917, dcd. 1945 age 44Y (Charles Timutimu Research Project).
Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07."At a sitting of the Commission at Ruatoki in April last it was stated that a number of the Urewera Natives sold their lands prior to enlisting for the war; those who returned now find themselves landless, and they ask that the Crown give them land so that they may not be a burden on the members of their families." Te Whetu was listed as one of these men. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 1945 AWMM
Age 44 AWMM - Date of death
- 26th August 1948Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 December 2025 - Military record
- Age at death
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- Place of death
- WhakatanePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 December 2025 - Military record
- Cause of death
- Died from Natural Causes AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Anzac Hall, Te Rewarewa Marae, Ruatoki AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7825045
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
75: 48 - Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07. - Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918.
- 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 95. Grey funnel : with which is incorporated The tin hut table, Empire’s call, and The Quinn's Post nightly : the official organ of Troopship 95 on her 8th trip to the homeland. 1917. London: Published by a N.Z. Reinforcement, printed by St. Clements Press.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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