Ponga Winiana
Born Jul 1895 - Died 14 Aug 1917
- Service number
- WWI 16/1462 AWMM
- Also known as
- Wynyard AWMM
- Ponga Winiana AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private Military personnel file New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- Jul 1895 Military personnel file
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Charles Winiana, of RussellPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 September 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ponga-winiana
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre 24 Feb 1916 AWMM Te Arai, Poverty Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Charlie Wynyard (father), Karetu, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1462 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 24 Feb 1916 Military personnel file
Age 20 AWMM
Stationhand/Civilian Military personnel file - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 26 Jun 1916 Military personnel file
HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57 Military personnel file Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private Military personnel file 4th Reinforcements, No. 2 Platoon Military personnel file 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
- 5 Jun 1917 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Admitted hospital, France severe AWMM - 21 Jan 1916 AWMM Height, WWI AWMM
5 foot 11 inches AWMM - 21 Jan 1916 AWMM Weight, WWI AWMM
11 stone 9 pounds AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private Military personnel file
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Charles (Charlie) Winiana (aka Wynard), of Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. His father is also named as Harry Winiana of Manutuke on his service record.
Whanau have been named after Ponga Winiana
Next of Kin: Mr C. Winiana, Russell, Bay of Islands (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - 12 Nov 1917
IN A TIGHT CORNER.
HOW LIEUT. KAIPARA. AND HIS COMRADES FELL.
Corporal Walter Heany, of the N.Z. Pioneers, writing to his mother, Mrs. Donald Gordon, of Gisborne, gives the first details that have been received respecting the death of Lieut. S A.P Kaipara and a number of other East Coast members of the Pioneers. The writer explains that the battalion went out wiring a stronghold that the New Zealanders had taken from the Germans. Fritz had made things very warm for them since, Corporal Heany remarks. The Pioneers got to within 100 yards of where they had to erect the entanglements, when Fritz opened up on them. The boys halted for it awhile, and then moved through shell fire to their sector. Shells were thrown all around them, and machine gun fire was turned on, this being about 1.3O a.m. The writer, details the circumstances under which Bill Morris, of Gisborne (wounded), was carried out to, the dressing station. On the way back they were up to their waists in mud, and Fritz concentrated fire on them, thus delaying them a good deal. The shells were bashing in the trenches and ploughing through the mud in the shell fire was a trying experience. Patience, however, got them through safely, though they were all fairly exhausted. Lieut. Kaipara rushed along and requested them 'to go back for Ehau, another Gisbornite who was wounded in the leg. As there was no one else he and his mate went back again with Kaipara. They were fairly beaten, and shells were falling worse than ever. Kaipara kept urging them to hurry, but they were so done up they could hardly for dear life lift their legs out of the boggy ground. Frequently they had to put the stretcher down, and then shells would burst near them, the concussion knocking them over in the mud. Eventually his mate dragged himself back to get fresh men, and he could hear Ehau calling "Come on, Heany" but he was completely knocked up. It was then that Kaipara dropped, shot through the head by a piece of shell. The writer went on to say that he had simply to lie down in the mud with the pathetic words still ringing in his ears and cursing himself for being unable to carry on. Subsequently he managed to drag himself out and to get fresh men to carry the wounded out. Two nights later they went out again to dig a trench and about midnight Fritz poured shells into them again. One shell came into the trench and killed Viv Ruru and another chap who had just joined up, besides wounding Trotter and Maharangi Pohatu. Heany was placed in charge to carry Trotter down to the dressing station, where he learned than Kaa, the Ngati Porou officer was killed, also Winiana and Dick Hale (corporal of the section). The party was carrying out one of the fellows (killed), when a shell landed right in the middle of them. With an officer, the writer went back and found their bodies, which were brought in and laid to rest. All were Gisborne and Coast boys. Donald Cameron was killed the same night as Kaipara. The casualties during the two nights were Killed, Lieutenants P Kaa, Kaipara, Cameron, and MacNeil, Corporal Hale, Privates V. Ruru, A. Kopua, Winiana. wounded: -Lieutenant J Ehau, Privates R. Trotter. W. Morris, Manuel, M. Pohatu, and P KingiPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 September 2023 - Poverty Bay Herald 12th November 1917
- Son of Charles (Charlie) Winiana (aka Wynard), of Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. His father is also named as Harry Winiana of Manutuke on his service record.
About death
- Death
- 14 Aug 1917 Military personnel file
Age 21 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
- Underhill Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM A. 32. AWMM
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Family memorial, namesake, special name AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22021453
Sources Used - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130841.html
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/445305/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/445305
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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
34: 40 - 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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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