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Henare Mete Kingi

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PTE. HENARE M. KINGI, of Wanganui, Killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 8 February 1917 p045. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19170208-45-13. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

PTE. HENARE M. KINGI, of Wanganui, Killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekl …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henare AWMM
  • Surname
    Mete Kingi AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/385 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Wanganui Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/henare-mete-kingi
  • Birth notes
    Son of Hoani and Peeke Mete Kingi, of Putiki, Wanganui Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/henare-mete-kingi
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Putiki, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Hoani Mete Kingi (father), Kaetahi, Putiki, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/385 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
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  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Signaller Henare Mete Kingi... was a son of a well-known Wanganui Chief, Hoani Mete Kingi. Cpl. Teira Mete Kingi, a younger son, was killed at Gallipoli. The two young men were grandsons of Mete Kingi Paetahi, the First Maori member elected to the House of Representatives. From Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F dated December 27, 1916 at page 209. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme France AWMM ID3 AWMM
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Memorials

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 500 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 November 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
12 July 2017SelwynPalmerston NorthOther relative

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