Peni Hipa
Born 1896 - Died 23 Jun 1916
- Service number
- WWI 16/1115 AWMM
- Also known as
- Meta Peni AWMM
- Peni Hipa AWMM
- Peni AWMM
- Peni AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private Military personnel file New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Peni AWMM
- Surname
- Hipa AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Meta Peni AWMM
- Peni Hipa AWMM
- Peni AWMM
- Peni AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1115 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Protestant, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1896 Military personnel file
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
- Niue Island, Pacific IslandsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/peni-hipa
- Birth notes
- Son of Hipa and FokitifaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/peni-hipa
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre 14 Oct 1915 AWMM Hikutavake, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Puakafa (wife), Hikutavake, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
- Husband of Puakafa.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/peni-hipa
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1115 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 30 Sep 1915 Military personnel file
Age 19 AWMM
Settler/Civilian Military personnel file - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 Military personnel file
HMNZT 44 Military personnel file Vessel was Navua AWMM Private Military personnel file Rarotongans, Attached B Company Military personnel file 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- 30 Sept 1915 AWMM Height, WWI AWMM
5 foot 6.5 inches AWMM - 30 Sept 1915 AWMM Weight, WWI AWMM
151 pounds AWMM - 6 Apr 1916 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted NZGH, Cairo; catarrah after measles AWMM - 17 Jun 1916 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Invalided to NZ on the Corinthic departing Plymouth (UK) AWMM - Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Pneumonia AWMM
- 30 Sept 1915 AWMM Height, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private Military personnel file
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Hipa and Fokitifa.
Four sons, brothers enlisted: Peni (16/1115), Hemu (16/1052), Hipa (16/1053) and Pulu (16/1107) (Pointer 2000, p. 16).
Attested as Peni, and named as Peni on the Nominal Roll. The Christian name Meta was added to Service Record in 1923. He is named Peni HIPA on the Hikutavake Memorial and by Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The portrait of "Private Peni", which appeared in the Auckland Weekly News (5 October 1916, p. 40) incorrectly records him as having died of wounds.
Departed Alofi, Niue Island on 14 October 1915 on board SS Te Anau
Arrived Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand on 19 October 1915 (Pointer 2000, p. 18).
Sailed from Alexandria, Egypt, to Marseilles, France, on board SS Ivernia on 20 May 1916. (Pointer 2000, p. 173)
Sailed from England to New Zealand on board HT Corinthic on 17 June 1916. (Pointer 2000, p. 174)
"On 23 June 1916, just before reaching Dakar, 16/1115 Private Peni died in the ship's hospital of pneumonia and was buried at sea that same day." (Pointer 2000, p. 58) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 23 Jun 1916 Military personnel file
Age 20 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- Died at SeaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 July 2024 - AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XLVII, ISSUE 164, 11 JULY 1916, PAGE 6
- Cause of death
- Died of Sickness AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Wellington Provincial Memorial, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Hikutavake War Memorial, Niue AWMM
- Alofi National Memorial, Niue AWMM
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20800300
Sources Used - Alofi National Memorial, Niue
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/alofi-national-memorial-niue
Further Reference - Hikutavake War Memorial, Niue
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/hikutavake-war-memorial-niue
Further Reference - Pacific Islanders in NZEF. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
http://www.nzhistory.govt.nz/war/pacific-islanders-nzef
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/644080/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/644080
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 4 - Pointer, M. (2000). Tagi tote e loto haaku - My heart is crying a little : Niue Island involvement in the Great War, 1914-1918. Alofi, Niue ; Suva, Fiji: Government of Niue ; Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific.
Pointer, M. (2000). pp. 16, 18, 58-59, 94, 137, 171, 173, 174. - Pointer, M. (2015). Niue 1774-1974 : 200 years of conflict and change. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press.
- Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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