Martin Wesley Reiroa

Forenames

Martin Wesley AWMM

Surname

Reiroa AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/720 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

August 1895

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Te Muka, South Island

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of John Wesley Reiroa, of Tuahiwir, Kaiapoi

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/martin-wesley-reiroa

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM J. Andrews, Waikuku, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

John Wesley Reiroa, Waikuku, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/720 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr J. W. Reiroa, Tinwald, Ashburton (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

2 Feb 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Estaires Communal Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM

Memorial name

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/R20805180
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130737.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/268432/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/268432
  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.
  Page No: 610
• 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.