Henare Waru

Title

Private

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Forenames

Henare AWMM

Surname

Waru AWMM

Also known as

• W. Waru AWMM
• Henare Warn AWMM
• Henare Waru AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/368 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1891 AWMM

Date of birth

1891

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Place of birth

Ahipara, Northland

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Birth notes

Son of Waru Puku, of Ahipara, Whangape, Hokianga,

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Care of J. W. Berghan, Ahipara, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Waru Puku, Whangape, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF 7 Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1 NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/368 AWMM

Military service

1914-1916

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll # 518725

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 13 Nov 1914 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

22 yrs 6mths

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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 A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

08 Jun 1916 {Age unknown} AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Waru Puku, of Ahipara, Whangape, Hokianga, New Zealand.

Listed as W. Waru on the Hokianga Arch of Remembrance

Next of Kin: Mr W. Puku, Whangape, Mangonui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

8 Jun 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM II. A. 32. AWMM

Memorial name

• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kohukohu Town Hall, 25 Beach Road, Kohukohu, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22016492
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130821.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/277595/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/277595
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 758
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.