Edward John Kingi

Forenames

Edward John AWMM

Surname

Kingi AWMM

Service number

WWI 60628 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

27 Jan 1898 AWMM
Kaipoi, Wellington AWMM

Birth notes

Son of John H. Kingi, of Christchurch.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/edward-john-kingi

Address before enlistment

Pre 27 Feb 1918 AWMM Papawai, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Katerina Kingi (aunt), Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Aug 1918 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60628 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 27 Feb 1918 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Aug 1918-29 Oct 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 110 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 31st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 6.5 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  150 pounds AWMM
• Other, Unknown Period AWMM
  flat feet AWMM
• Distinguishing marks, Unknown Period AWMM
  scar AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Admitted to ship's hospital twice with slight influenza and then a relapse on voyage to England AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Admitted to ships hospital 6 days on voyage to New Zealand 1919 AWMM

Last rank

Inter War 4 May 1919 AWMM
Termination of period of engagement AWMM
Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of John H. Kingi, of Petrie Street, Christchurch. Served 1 year 62 days. AWMM

Death

14 Jan 1920 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Rangiurunga (Papawai), Papawai Road, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18057427
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130862.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643587/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643587
  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. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  90: 11
• New Zealand and Maori Voice
  Fallen recalled at Papawai urupa. (2011, 6 May). New Zealand and Maori Voice.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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 110 - The Ruahinean review : souvenir of transport 110. Webb, T. Clifton (Thomas Clifton), editor. Flower, E.W., editor. -- On board ship : [Magazine Staff] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1918].