Hoani Ngamu Tamihana
Born b. 1894
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 April 2024 - Military record
- Died 6 Aug 1915 - Service number
- WWI 16/185 AWMM
- Also known as
- Hoani Ngamu AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM 1st Maori Contingent, B Company AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Hoani Ngamu AWMM
- Surname
- Tamihana AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Hoani Ngamu AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/185 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- b. 1894Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 April 2024 - Military record
- Place of birth
- Te NgaePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 April 2024 - Military record
- Birth notes
- Son of Tamihana Tikitere and Turiata Hopaea, of PukehinaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 April 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hoani-ngamu
- Address before enlistment
- Pre 20 Oct 1914 AWMM Pukehina, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Tamihana Tikitere, Pukehina, Ohinepanea, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/185 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 20 Oct 1914 AWMM
Age 17 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 8.5 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
11 stone 6 pounds AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
brown AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
brown AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
1st Maori Contingent, B Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Tamihana Tikitere and Turiata Hopaea, of Pukehina, Bay of Plenty
He attested for an age of 20 years and the medical officer has written 17 years; fit on examination, the heart beat, nervous.
Served as Hoani Ngamu and listed with this name on the Nominal Roll; on his service record at National Archives; the book Maoris in the Great War and in the Rolls of Honour produced shortly after the War. Named in the Auckland Weekly News as Hoani N. Tamihana and registered at the Maketu Native School with the surname Tamihana and his father is given as Tamihana.
Next of Kin: Mr T. Tikitere, Ohinepanea, Tauranga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 6 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Pte Hoani Ngamu TAMIHANA or TIKITERE) Killed in Action 6 August 1915. He was just 17 yrs when he enlisted. His grandfather was the Ngati Uenukukopako Chief Otimi TIKITEREPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 May 2024 - WHITIRIKI! WHITI!WHITI! E! by Monty Soutar - page 135
- Memorial name
- Also named on the Te Arawa Soldiers' Memorial in the Government Gardens, Rotorua as Hoani Ngamu Pte.Public - Pamela - Researcher - 17 February 2015 - Named on Te Arawa Soldiers' Memorial, and listed in Rotorua Chronicle 1927 souvenir programme of the Royal Visit to Rotorua.
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
- Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21380286
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130694.html
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
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- References
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 538 - Auckland Weekly News
Auckland Weekly News, 30 September 1915, p. 45 30 September 1915 - Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland: Reed. Page 41 reproduces the casualty portraits published in the Weekly News 1915. - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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