Wiremu Tuhiwai
Born 1895 - Died 19 Jun 1917
- Service number
- WWI 16/46 AWMM
- Also known as
- Wlremu Tuhiwai AWMM
- Wiremu Tuhiwai AWMM
- William TuhiwaiPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Wiremu AWMM
- Surname
- Tuhiwai AWMM
- Ingoa
- —
- Also known as
- Wlremu Tuhiwai AWMM
- Wiremu Tuhiwai AWMM
- William TuhiwaiPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/46 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- AnglicanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1895 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 1895Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military record
- Place of birth
- Tolaga BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military record
- Birth notes
- Son of Tamate and Mereana Tuhiwai, of Tolaga BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military record
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Mereana Tuhiwai (mother), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
- 1915 married Nellie Kilburn
father of 1 childPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egypt & Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/46 AWMM
- Military service
- 1915-1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- —
Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 513314Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Te Aute CadetsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military record
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 21 Oct 1914 at Tolaga BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military record
- Age on enlistment
- 21yrs 4mths (b. 22 May 1893) by death age - birthdate is 1895Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military record
- Occupation before enlistment
- Labourer for Tolaga Bay Trading CoPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Military record
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Wiremu Tuhiwai was the son of Tamate and Mereana Tuhiwai, of Tolaga Bay, New Zealand; husband of Nellie Tuhiwai, of Tokomaru Bay.
Next of Kin: Mrs N. Tuhiwai, Tokomaru Bay, Waiapu (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - July 1917 - Mrs Nellie Tuhiwai, wife of Private William Tuhiwai of Tolaga Bav, has received advice from the Minister of Defence that her husband died of pneumonia on June 19, 1917 at the 3rd Canadian Hospital, Boulogne, aged 22 years. He enlisted in October 1914, and left with the Main Body. He was wounded in the battle in July 1915, later doing light duty in Egypt. He was sent to France in 1916. finally arriving in England on 11 days' leave, returning to the firing line in France. His illness was very short.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14346, 11 July 1917, Page 3
- Wiremu Tuhiwai was the son of Tamate and Mereana Tuhiwai, of Tolaga Bay, New Zealand; husband of Nellie Tuhiwai, of Tokomaru Bay.
About death
- Death
- 19 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, France AWMM IV. A. 10. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- TUHIWAI - On June 19th, 1917, at Canadian Hospital, Boulogne, Private Wiremu Tuhiwai, aged 22 years, He has done his duty.
.He was with me but a while,
And was called to do his duty;
His little child he never saw.
God bless, till: we meet in Heaven.
"Thy. will be done."
— Inserted by his. loving wife and child.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 February 2024 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE 14343, 7 JULY 1917, PAGE 3 - Memorial name
- Gisborne's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 February 2016 - Research
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, 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/R22013970
Further Reference - 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/168323/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/168323
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
- 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.
Page No: 736 - New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- 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). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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