Fred Nikorima

Forenames

Fred AWMM

Surname

Nikorima AWMM

Also known as

Fred Nikerima AWMM

Service number

WWI 20885 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1 Jan 1895 AWMM

Place of birth

Waotu, Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 June 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Nikorimu TE HAUNGA of Waotu, Putaruru

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 June 2024 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Waotu, Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 June 2024 - Military Record

Next of kin

Nikorima te Haunga (father), Waotu, via Putaruru, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20885 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Named Nikerima on CWGC

Fred Nikorima was the brother of Mr. T. H. Nikerima, of Ohinemutu, Rotorua

Next of Kin: Mr T. H. Nikorima, Ohinemutu, Rotorua (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

21 Jun 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM V. C. 12. 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/R21380729
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130697.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

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 34
• 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.
• 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 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17