Hare Hemara

Forenames

Hare AWMM

Surname

Hemara AWMM

Also known as

Henry Dick AWMM

Service number

WWI 60524 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

17th August 1896

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 January 2026 - Military record

Place of birth

Waimamaku

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 January 2026 - Military record

Birth notes

Son of Henare & Kereihi (Grace) HEMARA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 January 2026 - Military record

Address before enlistment

Koutu

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 January 2026 - Military record

Next of kin

Mrs Grace Hemara (mother), Pakanae, Opononi, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 January 2026 - Military record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60524 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Mill hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 100 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 26th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Husband of Susan

Listed on the Nominal Roll and at Arcvhives New Zealand as Hare Hemara; named on the headstone as Henry Dick AWMM

Death

24 Aug 1981 AWMM
Age  83 AWMM

Cemetery

St Michael’s (Anglican) Church, also known as Ohaeawai Maori Church, Ngawha, Northland, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

Waiotemarama Memorial, Hokianga, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16794049
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20548432
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Waiotemarama War Memorial (also known as Waimamaku War Memorial).
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/waimamaku-first-world-war-memorial
  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. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  78: 20
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• The Maltameter [edited by W.H. Gummer] H.M.A.T. 17 "Malta" October and November 1918.
• Epilogue : being a souvenir of our voyage in the s.s. "Rimutaka". As transport HMNZT 296 the "Rimutaka" departed Liverpool 8th November 1919 and arrived Wellington on 5th January 1920.
• 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 100. The link [1918]. Printed by W.H. Smith & Son: London. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 100, 'Ulimaroa'.
• New Zealand General Hospital. (1916). Hohipera journal, 1(1), 1 April 1916.
• Scoullar, J. L., & Barrow, N. J. (Eds.). (1919). Homeward bound: A souvenir of the H.M.N.Z.T. “Ruahine”, November–December 1919. 1NZEF. S. A. Electric Printing Company.