Nehe Paeroa

Title

Private

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Forenames

Nehe AWMM

Surname

Paeroa AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1522 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

5 Jan 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

5 Jan 1896

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Birth notes

son of Ratawera Paeroa of Tuparoa

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Address before enlistment

Taita

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Next of kin

• Ratawera Paeroa (father), Tuparoa, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• brother/Sister: Hikako Hokopu of Tuparoa
  Relative: Ruka Haenga of Ruatoria
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Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• Egyptian E F & Western European
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 3rd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/1522 AWMM

Military service

1916-1917

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Enlistment

• WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 29 March 1916 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

21yrs 3mths

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Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM 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

Next of Kin: Mr H. Hokopu, Tuparoa, Waiapu (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

12 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Place of death

Waikato Hospital, NZ

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Cause of death

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

Death notes

Died of Haemoptysis (coughing up blood), illness contracted on active service

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Cemetery

urupa Tuparoa (Purapura-A-Ure), Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand 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/R21383285
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130872.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643268/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643268
  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

• The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements].
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  37: 37
• 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.