Joe Bird Cotton

Forenames

Joe Bird AWMM

Surname

Cotton AWMM

Also known as

• Manu Katene AWMM
• Manu KATENE
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Service number

WWI 37771 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

17 Aug 1896 AWMM

Date of birth

17th August 1896

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Place of birth

Motueka

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Address before enlistment

Wellington Hotel, Molesworth Street, Wellington

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Next of kin

Harry Cotton (brother), Native Land Court, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 37771 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Fitter/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-28 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 82 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Private AWMM 16th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr W. Katene, Lower Hutt, Wellington (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1))

One of five Katene brothers who served in World War I: Fred Katene, L/Cpl Taku Katene, Pte Manu Katene, Cpl Hari Katene and Rangi Katene. AWMM

Death

6 Nov 1921 AWMM

Age at death

25yrs

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Place of death

Trentham Camp. Upper Hutt. Wellington.

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Cemetery name

Pukerua Bay Urupā, Pukerua Bay, Porirua City, Wellington

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Grave reference

PLOT: 2

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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/R21897890
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130851.html
  Further Reference
• Profile, Porirua War Stories
  https://www.poriruawarstories.com/katene-manu
  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. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  60: 24
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• 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.
• HMNZT 82 - The Pakeha (Mark III) : being the journal of the Left Wing of the 24th New Zealand Reinforcements. Burge, W.R. (William Ralph), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 24th Reinforcements : 1917