Peter Te Whata

Forenames

Peter AWMM

Surname

Te Whata AWMM

Also known as

• Tewhata AWMM
• Peter Te Whata AWMM

Service number

WWI 20621 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1897-98

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 July 2025 - NZ BDM Death Records

Place of birth

Hokianga

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

Birth notes

Son of Ripeka Rukas, of Horeke, Hokianga

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/peter-te-whata

Address before enlistment

Rawene, Hokianga

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

Next of kin

WW1 John to Whata (brother), Horeke, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20621 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Mill hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 19 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 61 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Listed as Tewhata on the Hokianga Arch of Remembrance

Next of Kin: Mrs R. Ruka, Horeke, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

23 Mar 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Obituary

In the latest casualty list issued by the Defence Department the names are recorded of five New Zealanders reported to have died from wounds received in action. One of the number was Private Peter Te Whata, whose brother, John Tβ Whata, resides at Horeke, in Hokianga county

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 July 2025 - Northern Advocate, 4 April 1917, Page 2

Memorial name

• Kohukohu School (memorial gates, WW1), Hokianga, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• Kohukohu Town Hall, 25 Beach Road, Kohukohu, New Zealand 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/R7825042
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130795.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Kohukohu First World War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/487708/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/487708
  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.
  38: 40
• 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.