Robert Morehu

Forenames

Robert AWMM

Surname

Morehu AWMM

Service number

• WWI 60460 AWMM
• WWII 803147 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

• Actually born 31st July 1902 OR 31st August 1902
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 January 2026 - Headstone for Robert MOREHU as attached &
  NZ BDM Death Records
• 31st January 1897 (WWII - 31st July 1900)
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 January 2026 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Taumarunui

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 January 2026 - Military Record

Next of kin

Mrs Wahati Tehata (mother), Waitahanui, Taupo, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Husband to Arapera (Bella) MOREHU
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 January 2026 - Refer Headstone as attached
• WWI - Single
  WWII Married
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 January 2026 - Military Record

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 60460 AWMM
• WWII 803147 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Settler/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 31 Dec 1917-25 Feb 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 99 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 25th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24065839
  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.
  76: 23
• 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 99 - Te huia : the magazine of the 33rd Reinforcement. Printed and published by the Argus Printing Company for the Executive Committee of "Te Huia," 33rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1918.