James Moka
Born 27th April 1897
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
- Died 30 Sept 1918 - Service number
- WWI 19779 AWMM
- Also known as
- James Williams AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- 27th April 1897Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- HokiangaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Wi & Ellen WILLIAMS of HokiangaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- Kohukohu, North AucklandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 William Moka (father), Mangamuku, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 19779 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Narrowneck Camp, near Auckland AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 22 Mar 1917 AWMM Barman/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 15 Aug 1917-02 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 92 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 21st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Tuberculosis AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- James Williams (Moka) was the son of Wi Moka and Ellen Wi Moka, of Mangamuka, Hokianga
Two brothers went to war both enlisting as Williams: James Moka (19779) and Willie Moka (20624). Both died in the same month.
Enlisting as Williams, James joined the Maori (Pioneer) Battalion on 10 April at Bertrancourt, southwest of Hebuterne. While in the Front line, between Rossignol Wood and Hebuterne, he fell ill with debility and anaemia. His condition deteriorated and he was evacuated to England arriving at No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst on 6 August. Diagnosed with tuberculosis he remained dangerously ill and died weeks later. (Church, p.219).
Enlisted as James Williams, he named his father as William Moka. Listed, with his brother, with the name Moka on the Kohukohu School War Memorial and also the Hokianga Arch of Remembrance
Next of Kin: Mr W. Moka, Mangamuka, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - James also known as Hohaia Moka was the youngest of four sons who enlisted to fight in WW1, of which only two brothers returned homePublic - Nicole - Other Relative - 27 April 2015 - Family oral histories
- James Williams (Moka) was the son of Wi Moka and Ellen Wi Moka, of Mangamuka, Hokianga
About death
- Death
- 30 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 3, Grave 19 AWMM
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- Obituary
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Kohukohu School (memorial gates, WW1), Hokianga, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
- Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
- Kohukohu Town Hall, 25 Beach Road, Kohukohu, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130838.html
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage - Kohukohu First World War memorial
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
Further Reference - Website: No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
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
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- References
- Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
70: 31 - Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
Church, C. (2002). p. 219 - 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.
- HMNZT 92. Fresh tracks, or, The wake of the wanderers. (1917). London: Printed by Cassell & Company.
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