David Webber

Forenames

David AWMM

Surname

Webber AWMM

Service number

• WWI 75945 AWMM
• WWII 805492 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

20th January 1894

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Place of birth

Wairoa. H.B.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 February 2026 - Military record

Birth notes

Son of Henry George & Margaret WEBBER

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Address before enlistment

Wairoa, Hawke's Bay

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 February 2026 - Military record

Post war occupation

Bridge Builder

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 February 2026 - Military record

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs R. Webber (wife), Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

married 1916 to Rau TE NGAIO
WWI - father of 1 child

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 February 2026 - Military record

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 75945 AWMM
• WWII 805492 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Aug 1918-29 Oct 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 110 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 31st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24064490
  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.
  90: 11
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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 110 - The Ruahinean review : souvenir of transport 110. Webb, T. Clifton (Thomas Clifton), editor. Flower, E.W., editor. -- On board ship : [Magazine Staff] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1918].