John Wipani

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Wipani AWMM

Also known as

John Wipani AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1398 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

16th July 1895

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Place of birth

Mangamuka, Hokianga

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Address before enlistment

Kohu Kohu

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Next of kin

Dick Wipani (brother), Kohukohu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1398 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Bronco pneumonia AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr D. Wipani, Mangamuku, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

31 Dec 1918 AWMM

Place of death

No. 8 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Dunkirk, France

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Cause of death

• Died of Disease AWMM
• Died of illness (broncho pneumonia)
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Cemetery

Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM IV. D. 38. AWMM

Grave reference

IV. D. 38.

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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/R22021498
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130842.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/617467/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/617467
  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

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 26
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• 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.