Matthew Petewiki Hadfield

Forenames

Matthew Petewiki AWMM

Surname

Hadfield AWMM

Also known as

• Matthew Peete AWMM
• Matthew Peete Hadfield AWMM

Service number

WWI 20786 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

9 Jun 1896

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Place of birth

Awanui, Far Northland

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Birth notes

Son of Wiki HADFIELD of Awanui North

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Next of kin

Wiki Hadfield (father), Awanui North, Far North, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20786 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Listed by CWGC as Matthew Peete Hadfield and date of death 3 January 1919

Next of Kin: Mr W. Hadfield, Awanui, Nth Auckld. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

3 Jan 1919 AWMM

Cemetery

St Joseph's (Anglican) Church Cemetery, State Highway 1, Awanui, Far North, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

Matthew first became ill on 7 February 1917 and was treated at Brockenhurst, Hornchurch and Codford before recovering and rejoining his unit. Matthew became ill with bronchitis and contracted Tuberculosis (TB). He was discharged on 30 August 1918 as "no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service."
Matthew boarded the 'Marama' on 16 April 1918 to return to New Zealand. He died of influenza at Kaitaia on 3 January 1919, his damaged lungs unable to cope during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.
Matthew was buried in the St. Joseph's Anglician Māori Cemetery in Awanui (Biography by Debbie McCauley, 9 September 2022

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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/R16789905
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130856.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust. St Joseph's Church (Anglican). NZHPT Register Number 455
  http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=455
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643196/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643196
  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

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 36
• 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.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.