Neri Rihari

Forenames

Neri AWMM

Surname

Rihari AWMM

Also known as

Neri Rihari AWMM

Service number

WWI 60809 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1901

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Place of birth

Keri Keri, Bay of Islands

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Birth notes

Son of Kiri and Teao Kiri Rihari, of Purerua, Northland.

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Next of kin

WW1 Kiri Rihari (father), Purerua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Sing;e

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60809 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Driver/Military AWMM

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
  Died of disease AWMM
• Other, WWI AWMM
  Nature of Injury: T.B. lung Percent of disability: 100 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Son of Kiri and Teao Kiri Rihari, of Purerua, Northland.

Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Whangarei Public Hospital

Next of Kin: Mr K. Rihari, Purerua, Bay of Islands (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

19 Feb 1920 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Purerua Maori Cemetery, Wharengaere, Bay of Islands, New Zealand 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/R20806041
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130743.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643156/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643156
  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
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.