Hoani Smith

Title

Private

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Forenames

Hoani AWMM

Surname

Smith AWMM

Also known as

Hoani Smith AWMM

Service number

WWI 19394 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

16 Apr 1894 Public Source

Date of birth

16 April 1894

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Place of birth

Nuhaka, near Wairoa

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Birth notes

Son of Mrs. H. Smith, of Nuhaka

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Address before enlistment

Nuhaka, HB

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Next of kin

Mrs Heni Smith (mother), Nuhaka, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Unit: New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion 13th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 19394 AWMM

Military service

1916-1918

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 28 Aug 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp, Auckland
  (enlisted at the same time as Hoani METE (aka John Smith #
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Age on enlistment

20yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 13th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Hoani Smith was the son of Mrs. H. Smith, of Ruhaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs H. Smith, Nuhaka, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

11 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM II. K. 3. 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/R7818899
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130760.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Project
  http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hoani-smith
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/35639/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35639
  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. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 37
• 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.
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].