Henare Mete Kingi

Forenames

Henare AWMM

Surname

Mete Kingi AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/385 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Place of birth

Wanganui

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Birth notes

Son of Hoani and Peeke Mete Kingi, of Putiki, Wanganui

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Putiki, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Hoani Mete Kingi (father), Kaetahi, Putiki, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/385 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

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

14 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme France AWMM ID3 AWMM

Obituary

IN MEMORIAM.
METE KINGI. —In loving memory of our dear brother, Corporal Te Ina H. Mete Kingi, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 8th August, 1915; aged 28 years. He died for King and Country.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 September 2025 - Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15895, 14 August 1919, Page 4

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21374856
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/548039/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/548039
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

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