Wiremu Rangitauwira

Forenames

Wiremu AWMM

Surname

Rangitauwira AWMM

Service number

WWI 60500 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1894

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Birth notes

Son of Mahirini and Kahutaiki Rangitauwira, of Pipiriki, Wanganui

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Address before enlistment

Pipirik, Wanganuii

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Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs Rawinia Rangitauwira (wife), Koriniti, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
• Later - Te Horoto, via Napier
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Relationship status

Husband of Rawinia Kingiti Pataka, of Te Haroto, Napier

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60500 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 100 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 26th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Pneumonia AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Wiremu Rangitauwira was the son of Mahirini and Kahutaiki Rangitauwira, of Pipiriki, Wanganui, New Zealand; husband of Rawinia Kingiti Pataka, of Te Haroto, Napier. AWMM

Death

31 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, Liverpool, England AWMM VI. C.E. 58. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20804126
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130730.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/370792/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/370792
  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
• https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wiremu-rangitauwira
  Public - Barbara - Researcher - 13 August 2022 - New Zealand War Graves Project

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  78: 20
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
  p. 64
• The Maltameter [edited by W.H. Gummer] H.M.A.T. 17 "Malta" October and November 1918.
• Epilogue : being a souvenir of our voyage in the s.s. "Rimutaka". As transport HMNZT 296 the "Rimutaka" departed Liverpool 8th November 1919 and arrived Wellington on 5th January 1920.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 100. The link [1918]. Printed by W.H. Smith & Son: London. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 100, 'Ulimaroa'.
• New Zealand General Hospital. (1916). Hohipera journal, 1(1), 1 April 1916.
• Scoullar, J. L., & Barrow, N. J. (Eds.). (1919). Homeward bound: A souvenir of the H.M.N.Z.T. “Ruahine”, November–December 1919. 1NZEF. S. A. Electric Printing Company.