Poihipi Warakihi

Title

Private

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Forenames

Poihipi AWMM

Surname

Warakihi AWMM

Also known as

Poihipi Warakihi AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/564 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

18 Dec 1893 Public Source

Date of birth

18 Dec 1893

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Birth notes

Son of Eruera Warakihi of Te Araroa, East Coast, Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Ruku Warakihi, Ormond, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Egyptain - Gallipoli
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/564 AWMM

Military service

Jan 1915 - Aug 1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll # 518650

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 29 Jan 1915 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

• actually 19yrs - refer death age - (therefore born 1896)
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• 21yrs
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Occupation before enlistment

labourer

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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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Son of Mr and Mrs Eruera Warakihi, of Te Araroa

Next of Kin: Mrs E. Warakihi, Te Araroa, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

21 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Paku Warakihi has received! the sad news of the death of Private Poihipi Warakihi, who was killed in action on August 21. Private Poihipi, as he was generally known, enlisted at Gisborne with the first. Maori contingent. He resided at Ormond, and was 24 years of age. He was an all round athlete, and was particularly prominent on the football field. He was educated. at Te Aute.

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POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 13802, 30 SEPTEMBER 1915, PAGE 4

Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial, Gisborne

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Memorial name

• Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22015734
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130818.html
  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/1739348/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1739348
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 755
• 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.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.