Renata Pohatu

Title

Private

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Forenames

Renata AWMM

Surname

Pohatu AWMM

Also known as

Re-nata Pohatu AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/34 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1886 Public Source

Date of birth

1886

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Place of birth

Gisborne, NZ

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Birth notes

son of Eru and Mere Pohatu

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Eru Pohatu, Muriwai, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• husband of Pitaea Pohatu.
  father of 3 children
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/34 AWMM

Military service

1914-1916

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 510616

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 15 Nov 1914 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

28yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Shearer & Bushman

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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 wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Renata Pohatu was the son of the late Eru and Mere Pohatu; husband of Pitaea Pohatu. Also served in Egypt and Gallipoli.

Next of Kin: Mr H. R. Pohatu, Muriwai, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

13 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM II. E. 39. AWMM

Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
• 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/R20801891
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/201155/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/201155
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  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: 585
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.