Mikaera Te Moananui
Born 19 Jun 1891 - Died 6 Mar 1915
- Service number
- WWI 16/477 AWMM
- Also known as
- Mikaora Te Moananui AWMM
- Mikaera Te Moananui AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Mikaera AWMM
- Surname
- Te Moananui AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Mikaora Te Moananui AWMM
- Mikaera Te Moananui AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/477 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
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Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 19 Jun 1891 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Tihitapu te Moananui (father), Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/477 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM - Height, WWI AWMM
5' 8" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
164 lb AWMM - PneumoniaPublic - Kiri Hiria - Other Relative - 17 June 2015 - /exlibris1/operational_shared//tmp/delivery/JpegViewerPreProcessor/10/55/33/72/1/REP10579431/FL10579447
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Mikaera Te Moananui was the son of Tihitapu Te Moananui, of Paeroa, New Zealand.
There is a description of a funeral en route to Egypt when a Maori soldier was buried at sea, in the letters of Trooper R.J. Newton, copies of which are held in the Museum Library. It seems likely that this was the funeral of Mikaera Te Moananui. The soldier who died was travelling on the Warrimoo. Four ships came to a halt whilst the funeral took place, sounding the last post, before carrying on their journey.
Promoted to corporal, 21 November 1914.
Embarked from Auckland on board HMNZT 'Warrimoo', 10 February 1915; disembarked, Wellington, 13 February 1915; re-embarked on board HMNZT 'Warrimoo' and proceeded overseas, 15 February 1915. Admitted to hospital, 23 February 1915 (pneumonia); died 6 March 1915 and buried at sea the following day.
'I beg to report that No. 16/477 Corporal Mikaera Te Moananui, of the New Zealand Maori Contingent, died of pneumonia at 8:30pm on the 6th instant, in Lattitude 7.37 South, Longitude 92.47 East. This NCO was admitted to hospital on the 23rd ultimo, suffering from pneumonia. The amount of pay due to Corporal Te Moananui at the time of his death was two pounds, 15 shillings and nine pence plus one pound which he had handed to his Company Commander for safe custody, and which has now been returned to the paymaster.
I have written to his father, Tihitepu Te Moananui, of Paeroa, Auckland, advising him of his death.'
Report, Officer Commanding Troops HMNZ Transport No 20, 8 March 1915
Next of Kin: Mr Te Moananui, Rotokohu, Westport (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 6 Mar 1915 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- Buried at SeaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 November 2023 - Military record
- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
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- Obituary
- CORPORAL # 16/477 MIKAERA TE MOANANUI
UNVEILING MONUMENT
TO THE MEMORY OF
CORPORAL MIKAERA TE MOANANUI.
INTERESTING CEREMONY,
An unveiling ceremony took place on Christmas Day at Taharua meeting house on Te Aroha Road, Paeroa, where a large crowd assembled. Mr G. Wickliffe, in a neat speech, welcomed those present. He said they had tnat day gathered together to unveil a monument to the memory of the late Corporal Mikaera Te Moananui (grandson of the late Meha Te Moananui), who died at sea while on his way to fight the Germans.
The ceremony took place at three o’clock.
Te Tihitapu Te Moananui, father of the deceased soldier, unveiling the memorial. The monument, made by Parkinson, of Auckland, is a fine piece of workmanship. The inscription in English on one side and in Maori on another, was:
"In loving memory
by the people of his tribe
for this lad, who died at sea
on the 6th day of March, in the year 1915
on his way to fight against Germany.
He is a Chief of his Tribe.
His name is
MIKAERA TE MOANANUI
aged 23.
Two enlarged photographs of the late Corporal Mikaera Te Moananui were placed on the monument, one in uniform and the other in his civilian clothes. The service was conducted by a Native lay reader, Mr Himiona Herawani, and consisted of the Maori translation of the hymn "For Ever with the Lord," the Lord's Prayer, followed by the collect for All Saint's Day. After the ceremony refreshments, supplied by the natives, were partaken of.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 November 2023 - OHINEMURI GAZETTE, VOLUME XXVIII, ISSUE 3863, 28 DECEMBER 1917, PAGE 2 - Memorial name
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland Provincial Memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7824812
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643371/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643371
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 - Military personnel filePublic - Kiri Hiria - Other Relative - 17 June 2015 - Mikaera Te Moananui
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 716 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- 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 (1914-1919)Public - Kiri Hiria - Other Relative - 17 June 2015 - Mikaera Te Moananui
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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