Hirini Taiwhanga

Forenames

Hirini AWMM

Surname

Taiwhanga AWMM

Also known as

Hirini Taiwhanga AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/993 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

12th June 1888

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Piwhairangi

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Hirini and Sarah Taiwhanga, of Te Ngae, Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hirini-taiwhanga

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kennedy Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Nepa Taiwhanga (stepbrother), Tairua, Thames, 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 16/993 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

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Hirini Taiwhanga was the son of Hirini and Sarah Taiwhanga, of Te Ngae, Rotorua.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Taiwhanga, Te Ngae, Rotorua (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

21 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM VI. B. 11. AWMM

Memorial name

• Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
• 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/R7823605
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130765.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/165598/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/165598
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 709
• 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.