Kapu Hurae

Forenames

Kapu AWMM

Surname

Hurae AWMM

Also known as

Kapu Hura AWMM

Service number

WWI 60450 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

9th November 1896

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 December 2025 - Military record

Place of birth

Taupo

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 December 2025 - Military record

Birth notes

Son of Wiremu & Parakanui HURAE

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 December 2025 - Military record

Address before enlistment

Fernhill, Hawke's Bay

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 December 2025 - Military record

Next of kin

Hurae Wiremu (father), Taupo, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 December 2025 - Military record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60450 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Shearer/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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18051349
  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
• 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.