Hapi Waaka

Forenames

Hapi AWMM

Surname

Waaka AWMM

Also known as

Hapi Waaka AWMM

Service number

WWI 20823 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Aupouri, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

• 6 Nov 1896 AWMM
• 6 Nov 1896 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Birth notes

Hapi Waaka (father), Te Kao, North Cape

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 November 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hapi-waaka

Address before enlistment

Pre 1916 AWMM Waihopo, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Hapi Waaka (father), Te Kao, North Cape, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 11 Oct 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20823 AWMM

Military service

Mangonui cadets AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 1916 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM
Gum digger/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  154 pounds AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died from influenza AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 9" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  154 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Death

27 Dec 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XII. E. 7. 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/R22020939
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130810.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/4027560/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4027560
  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

• 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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 36
• 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.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.