Horima Rangi

Forenames

Horima AWMM

Surname

Rangi AWMM

Also known as

Horima Rangitakaroro AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/449 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

4th May 1894

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 September 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Otorohanga

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 September 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Twhakamene Kupe, of Otorohanga, King Country

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/horima-rangi

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Otorohanga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Enoaka Rangi, Otorohanga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/449 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Twhakamene Kupe of Otorohanga.

Next of Kin: Mrs R. Takerare, Hangatiki, Waitomo (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

4 Aug 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

KILLED IN ACTION - MAORI CONTINGENT. (August 4th.) Rangi, Horima, 16,449 (Enoaka Rangi, Otorohanga)

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2024 - ROLL OF HONOUR
NEW ZEALAND TIMES, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 9747, 24 AUGUST 1917, PAGE 6

Memorial name

• Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• WWI Roll of Honour, Ngāti Maniapoto's Memorial Flag Pole, Te Tokanganui-a-Noho, Te Kūiti AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20804115
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130729.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738206/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738206
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 602
• 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.
• Roa, T., Paki, M., & Pūrekireki Marae. (2015). Maiea te tupua : whānau accounts of Waikato-Maniapoto World War One veterans and one conscriptee : commemorating 100 years of World War One. Pirongia : Pūrekireki Marae.
• McClintock, K., Turner, K., Searancke, M., Manawaiti, S., Meredith, P. (2024). Ngāti Maniapoto Ope Taua 1914 – 1918.
• 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.