Waikura Pohipi

Title

Private

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Forenames

Waikura AWMM

Surname

Pohipi AWMM

Also known as

Waikura POIHIPI

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Service number

WWI 60789 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

20 Mar 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

20 Mar 1896

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Place of birth

Te Kaha, BOP

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Birth notes

son of Tuakana Pohipi

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Address before enlistment

Waititi, Cape Runaway

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Next of kin

Tuakana Pohipi (father), Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 32nd refinforcements, NZ Maori Battalion
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Service number

WWI 60789 AWMM

Military service

Mar 1918 - Feb 1919

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 510617

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM
• 15 March 1918 at Rotorua
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Age on enlistment

22yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 17 Aug 1918-29 Oct 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 110 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 31st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Influenza and pneumonia AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Waikura Pohipi was the son of Tuakana and Rohakino Pohipi, of Maraenui, Opotiki, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr T. Pohipi, Houpoto, Opotiki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

16 Feb 1919 AWMM

Place of death

Military Hospital at Tidworth, Wiltshire, England

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Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Death notes

Died of Influenza

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Cemetery

Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England AWMM C. 383. AWMM

Memorial name

Opotiki 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/R20801818
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130718.html
  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/406132/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/406132
  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. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  90: 22
• 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.