Ben Kiri

Forenames

Ben AWMM

Surname

Kiri AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/640 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1894 Public Source

Date of birth

1894

Public - Mike - Researcher - 16 December 2015 - Military file

Place of birth

Victoria Valley, Northland, New Zealand

Public - Mike - Researcher - 16 December 2015 - Military file

Address before enlistment

c/o Post Office, Victoria Valley

Public - Mike - Researcher - 16 December 2015 - Military file

Next of kin

Mrs T. Karepa (mother), Victoria Valley, Mongonui, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/640 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Farmhand

Public - Mike - Researcher - 16 December 2015 - Military file

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM A Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Ben Kiri was the son of Kiri and Taukiri Herora, of Awanui, Northland, New Zealand. Born at Mangonui, Northland. Served in Egypt, 1916, and on the Western Front, 1916-17.

Next of Kin: Mrs T. Karepa, Victoria Valley, Mangonui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

28 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Age at death

24

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 December 2018 - Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand; https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19181204.2.21?page=3&query=vivian+o%27callaghan

Cemetery

Matamata Public Cemetery, Peria Road, Matamata, New Zealand AWMM Block 2. No. 22. AWMM

Obituary

"Lance-Corporal Ben Kiri, 16/640, died on 28th November. ' Deceased was 24 years of age and single, his next-of-kin being Mrs. T. Karepa, Victoria Valley, Mangonui County."

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 2 December 2018 - Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand; https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19181204.2.21?page=3&query=vivian+o%27callaghan

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/R18057567
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130863.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643193/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643193
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used
• 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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  25: 1
• 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.
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
• 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.