Mema Wickham

Forenames

Mema AWMM

Surname

Wickham AWMM

Also known as

• Menia AWMM
• Mema Wickham AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/858 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

24th August 1893

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 October 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Waitara

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 October 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Foster-son of Mrs. Te Muramura Taituha, of Manukorihi, Waitara, New Zealand.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 November 2024 - https://www.everyoneremembered.org/profiles/soldier/617455/

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Waitara, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Rangimatakite Mawhatura (aunt), Waitara, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/858 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Sergeant AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of injuries after being shot by soldier AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Foster-son of Mrs. Te Muramura Taituha, of Manukorihi, Waitara, New Zealand.

Died whilst in charge of a picket at Dunkirk.

Listed at Archives New Zealand and CWGC as Mema. Listed on the Nominal Roll as Menia

Next of Kin: Mrs R. Mawhatura, Waitara (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

31 Dec 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM IV. D. 39. 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/R22019026
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7881142
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/617455/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/617455
  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: 777
• 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.