Hohepa Peka

Title

Private

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Forenames

Hohepa AWMM

Surname

Peka AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/30 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

6 Aug 1885 Public Source

Date of birth

6 Aug 1885

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Birth notes

Son of Ripeka Rameka of Waihaha, North Auckland

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Maaka Peka (brother), Raukokere, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/30 AWMM

Military service

1914-1920

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 28 September 1914 at Tokomaru Bay
  15 November 1914 at Avondale Military Camp
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Age on enlistment

28yrs; 29yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for John Hale of Tokomaru Bay

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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

Medical notes

• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died of disease AWMM
• Other, WWI AWMM
  Nature of Injury: Phthisis Percent of disability: 100 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Ripeka Rameka, of Waihaha, North Auckland.

Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Auckland Military Hospital

Next of Kin: Mrs R. Rameka, Waihaha, Bay of Islands (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

10 Mar 1920 AWMM

Age at death

35yrs

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Place of death

Kawakawa, Far Northland

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Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Waihaha Maori Cemetery, Moeraorao, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

Grave reference

Block A. Plot 2.

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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/R20800221
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130709.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643157/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643157
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 574
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.