Hone Manahi Power
Born 18 Nov 1893 - Died 7 Dec 1917
- Service number
- WWI 16/198 AWMM
- Also known as
- John M. Power AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Hone Manahi AWMM
- Surname
- Power AWMM
- Ingoa
- —
- Also known as
- John M. Power AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/198 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Catholic, Christian AWMM
- Roman CatholicPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 18 Nov 1893 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 18 Nov 1893Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military record
- Place of birth
- Aohanga, PongaroaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military record
- Birth notes
- Son of James and Fanny Power, of Aohanga, Pongoroa,Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military record
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Aohanga, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Henry L. Power (brother), Aohanga, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/198 AWMM
- Military service
- 1914-1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Plaque & Scroll # 510717Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
- 1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory MedalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
- Plaque & Scroll # 510717
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1
- 21 Oct 1914 Marched into camp
15 Nov 1914 at AvondalePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 21yrs 11 mthsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
- ShepherdPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military record
Embarkations
- 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
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
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- wounded in action: Aug 1915 at Gallipoli; Sept 1916 in France; Dec 1917 Killed in ActionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Hone Power was the son of James and Fanny Power, of Aohanga, Pongoroa, Wairarapa, New Zealand.
Nominal roll says 'Hokianga' as place before enlistment and in next of kin information. Personnel file lists Aohanga
Next of Kin: Mr H. L. Power, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - Hone Manahi Power, born 17 November 1895 at Aohanga. Killed in action 17 December 1917. 12th child of James and Louisa Pane Power. He was a good all round sportsman and good with horses. Much of his short working life was spent breaking in horses for his father. With his brother Bill he built a stockyard beside the river for handling horses. (This story was written by Auntie Rose Griggs (nee Power) in The Powers of Aohanga, 1986, compiled by Rose Griggs).Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/user-story-1354751603
- Hone Power was the son of James and Fanny Power, of Aohanga, Pongoroa, Wairarapa, New Zealand.
About death
- Death
- 7 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM I. J. 42. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- H. M. Power, of Aohanga (Pcngaroa), who belonged to the Maori Contingent has been killed in. action. His brother, Mr H. L. Power, lives at AohangaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 July 2024 - PAHIATUA HERALD, VOLUME XXII, ISSUE 5923, 20 DECEMBER 1917, PAGE 4
- Memorial name
- Pongaroa War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/pongaroa-war-memorial
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20802530
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130724.html
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/460169/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/460169
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 590 - New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 2: Includes portrait - 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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