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Frank Wiki

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank AWMM
  • Surname
    Wiki AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Frank Wiki AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 20665 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Te Kao, Parengarenga AWMM
  • Date of birth
    b. abt. 1894 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    • Brother in law to Te Paki T. Popata Public - Te Rore Peka - Direct descendant - 26 March 2016 - Symmetry
    • Son of Mrs. Harata Wiki, of Herekiao, Kaitaia, Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/frank-wiki
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Harata Wild (mother), Herekino, Kaitaia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 10 May 1916 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Sawmill hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mrs Harata Wiki, of Herekino, Kaitaia, Auckland.

    Member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.

    43 members of the NZ (Maori) Pioneers served with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and assisted in the late 1916 early 1917 preparations of the Arras caverns for the Battle of Arras.

    Next of Kin: Mr H. Wiki, Herekino, Mangonui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM III. B. 32. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Kaitaia Memorial, corner Melba Street and Matthews Avenue, Kaitaia, Far North, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
31 August 2024Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
26 March 2016Te Rore PekaTuriapua A2B2BDirect descendant

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