Jack Pomana

Forenames

Jack AWMM

Surname

Pomana AWMM

Service number

WWI 60802 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

• 7 May 1900 AWMM
• 7 May 1897 Public Source

Date of birth

7 May 1897

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Place of birth

Towai, Matangirau, Bay of Islands

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Birth notes

Son of Te Pomana Honetua & Ngatau Mauahara

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Address before enlistment

Waikare, Bay of Islands

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Next of kin

Mrs Ngatau Pomana (mother), Waikare, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• 1927 Te Au O Te Whenua (Jack) POMANA married Mamere HAMANA
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• single
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 31st Reinforcements, sailed with the 43rd Reinforcements
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• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 43rd Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 60802 AWMM

Military service

1918-1919

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM
• 3 April 1918 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

21yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Bushman for the Waitemata Timber Co

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Embarkation details

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

Last rank

Private

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Date of Birth noted as the 7th May 1897 in Military Service Files.

Private Jack Pomana changed his age on enlistment in order to follow his older brother who left for europe earlier. Private Pomana got as far as England, and they were almost about to travel over before the war was called off. He was gutted. Some of the mothers in the village where he grew up in matangirau didnt let their sons go and when he got home his friends died of influenza (Source: Family). AWMM

Death

21 Jul 1973 AWMM

Date of death

21 July 1973

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Age at death

72yrs

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Place of death

Kaeo, Far Northland, NZ

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Death notes

Jack Pomana died 21 july 1973 in Kaeo aged 72yrs (born 6 September 1900)

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20801986
  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].
• Jack Pomana (Te Au O Te Whenua Pomana)
  birthday 6th September 1900. died 1973
  Public - Elizabeth - Child - 8 April 2015 - Family oral history