Wiremu Temete

Forenames

Wiremu AWMM

Surname

Temete AWMM

Also known as

Wiremu Temete AWMM

Service number

WWI 60895 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

23rd February 1897

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 November 2024 - Military record

Birth notes

Son of Mrs. Ngaone Temete, of Tirau, Matamata

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 November 2024 - Military record

Address before enlistment

Okoroire, BOP/Waikato

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 November 2024 - Military record

Next of kin

Ngaone Temete (mother), Tirau, Rotorua Line, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 November 2024 - Military record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60895 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farm hand/Civilian 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

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion (Reserve) AWMM

Wiremu Temete was the son of Mrs. Ngaone Temete, of Tirau, Matamata, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs N. Te Mete, c/o Rose Bros, Tirau (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

11 Feb 1919 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England AWMM C. 381. 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/R7824810
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/406191/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/406191
  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
• 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.