Mahu Wiremu

Forenames

Mahu AWMM

Surname

Wiremu AWMM

Also known as

• Mahurehure Wiremu AWMM
• Mahuhurehure WIREMU
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Service number

WWI 19943 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Koura, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1894

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Place of birth

Ruatoki

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Birth notes

Son of Wiremu & Mio of Ruatahuna

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Address before enlistment

Ruatoki North, Whakatane

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Next of kin

Mrs Mio te Puia (mother), Ruatoki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19943 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

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

Death

1963 AWMM
Age  77 AWMM

Date of death

23 Apr 1963

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Place of death

Whakatane

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Cemetery name

Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatane

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Grave reference

RSA V - Plot 99

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Memorial name

Anzac Hall, Te Rewarewa Marae, Ruatoki AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22021504
  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. (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.