Herewira Kahukura

Forenames

Herewira AWMM

Surname

Kahukura AWMM

Also known as

Harawera Kahukura AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/627 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1891

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Place of birth

Wairoa

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Birth notes

Son of Horomona and Koenene Kahukura, of Whakaki, Wairoa

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Hohepa Kahukura (wife), Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Hohepa Kahukura, of Wairoa.
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/627 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs H. Kahukura, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

29 Jun 1921 AWMM

Age at death

30 years

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Place of death

Wairoa

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Cemetery name

Whakaki Maori Cemetery, Wairoa

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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/R18055201
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/75194872/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75194872
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 382
• 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.