Hapi Christie

Title

Private

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Forenames

Hapi AWMM

Surname

Christie AWMM

Also known as

Ha-pi Christie AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/567 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Anglican

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Birth

10 Oct 1891 Public Source

Date of birth

10 Oct 1891

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Place of birth

Nuhaka, Wairoa, HB

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Birth notes

son of William Christie of Te Karaka then of Omaio, BOP

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Karaka, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

William Christie (father), Te Karaka, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/567 AWMM

Military service

1914-1916

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 502212

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Enlistment

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

24yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for T Sherriff

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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

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of sickness AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr W. Christie, Omaio, Opotiki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

17 Feb 1916 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, England AWMM III. C. 2670 AWMM

Obituary

Died of phthisis in hospital, February 17: Hapi Christie (William Christie, Te Karaka)

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AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XLVII, ISSUE 111, 10 MAY 1916, PAGE 6

Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Te Karaka War Memorial, corner of Main and Station Roads, Te Karaka, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21894056
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130583.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/2749508/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2749508
  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: 124
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.