Enoka William Pene

Forenames

Enoka William AWMM

Surname

Pene AWMM

Service number

WWI 19732 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

15th july 1896

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Birth notes

Son of Wiremu Pene Tikinui and Neu Pene Tikinui, of Dargaville, Northland

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Address before enlistment

Mamaranui, Dargaville

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Next of kin

Mrs Wi Nathan (aunt), Mamaranui, Dargaville, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19732 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Jul 1917-16 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 88 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Wiremu Pene Tikinui and Neu Pene Tikinui of Dargaville.

Next of Kin: Mrs W. Nathan, Mamaranui, Hobson (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

22 Oct 1919 AWMM

Place of death

Northern Wairoa, Dargaville

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Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Maitahi Maori Cemetery, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

Died of sickness in New Zealand, Enoka William Pene, October 22nd (Mrs Wi Nathan, Dargaville)

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - Press, Volume LV, Issue 16675, 8 November 1919, Page 10

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/R20800273
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130710.html
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=2060
  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. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  68: 16
• 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.