Hone Matiu

Forenames

Hone AWMM

Surname

Matiu AWMM

Also known as

K. Matiu AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/546 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

14 Jun 1895 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Iwingaro Matiu.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 February 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hone-matiu

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Iwingaro Matiu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/546 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Iwingaro Matiu.

Probably the K Matiu named on the Waiotemarama memorial

Next of Kin: Mr I. Matui, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

18 Oct 1919 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Maraerora (Meneke) Maori Cemetery, Northland, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

• Waiotemarama Memorial, Hokianga, Northland AWMM
• 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/R21373774
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130867.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Waiotemarama War Memorial (also known as Waimamaku War Memorial).
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/waimamaku-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643179/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643179
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 492
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.