Hohepa Waaka

Forenames

Hohepa AWMM

Surname

Waaka AWMM

Also known as

• Hohepa Waaka AWMM
• Job WALKER
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Service number

WWI 20816 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

4 Mar 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

4 Mar 1896

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Place of birth

Te Kao, Northland

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Birth notes

Son of Sam Waaka, of Waihopo, Auckland

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Address before enlistment

Te Kao, North Auckland

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Next of kin

• Sam Waaka (father), Houhora, North Cape, New Zealand AWMM
• later of Waihopo, Auckland
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Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion, 9th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 20816 AWMM

Military service

1916-1918

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Military training

Kaitaia Cadets

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• 22 July 1916 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

21yrs

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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

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Sam Waaka, of Waihopo

Next of Kin: Mr S. Waaka, Waihopo, Mangonui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

12 Apr 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1, Somme, France AWMM VI. B. 19. 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/R22020940
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130811.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/83600/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/83600
  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: 36
• 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.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.