Windy Albert

Forenames

Windy AWMM

Surname

Albert AWMM

Also known as

Hector AWMM

Service number

WWI 19840 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Iwi o Tākitimu, Tākitimu, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1895 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Tautahanga Albert and Marchi Tautahanga of Frasertown, Wairoa

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 May 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174254017/windy-hector-albert

Next of kin

WW1 Marchi Tautahanga (mother), Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 May 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174254017/windy-hector-albert

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19840 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1917-24 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 90 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Private Albert was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Tautahanga Albert.

Served as Albert Windy

buried Ruataniwha AWMM

Death

29 May 1919 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Ruataniwha Maori Cemetery, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269743
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269781
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130568.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643754/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643754
  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.
  69: 38
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• HMNZT 90. Te karere : the message : H.M.N.Z.T. no. 90. [1917].
• 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.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.