Hohepa Teparo

Forenames

Hohepa AWMM

Surname

Teparo AWMM

Also known as

Hohepa Teparo AWMM

Service number

WWI 29104 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

8th August 1888

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Place of birth

Little River, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury

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Address before enlistment

Christchurch

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Next of kin

Mrs E. Hokianga (sister), Akaroa, 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 29104 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 66 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Rifleman AWMM 9th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

• Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
  Accidentally killed, (thrown from horse) on active service AWMM
• Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Brother of Mrs. E. Kokianga, of Akaroa, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

26 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

• Killed on Active Service AWMM
• Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM Plot D. Row 1A Grave 13. AWMM

Obituary

PENINSULA , ROLL OF HONOUR.
PRIVATE HOHEPA TEPARO
Last week Mrs P. Hokianga received word that that her brother, Private H. Teparo, who was wounded
sevevely in the face and right arm, and was admitted to hospital on June 17tb, had been transferred to the Base depot, France - no date given. He left with the 18th Reinforcements end bad been in good health up to the time of his letters. He is one of the many brave Natives who have gone to fight the common foe

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 September 2024 - Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LXXXII, Issue 3666, 24 July 1917, Page 3

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7824904
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130788.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/471439/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/471439
  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.
  43: 32
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 66 - The Roll call. Booklass, G.J. (George James), editor. -- On board ship : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Charles Jones & Co. Ltd. : 1916.