Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Muriwai AWMM

Service number

• WWI 24/233 AWMM
• WWI N/N AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

28 June 1889

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Place of birth

Maraeroa, Hokianga NZ.

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Birth notes

Son of Perene and Erana Muriwai, of Maraeroa, Hokianga

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Maraeroa, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Ben Muriwai (father), Maraeroa, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 24/233 AWMM
• WWI N/N AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of measles and pneumonia AWMM

Last rank

Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Death

28 Jun 1915 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Rangiahua (Korokota) Maori Cemetery, Northland, New Zealand. AWMM

Obituary

Following on an attack of measles and pneumonia while he was in camp at Trentham, Private John Muriwai died in Wellington Hospital on Monday. His relatives reside in the Hokianga district. (Auckland Weekly News, 1 July 1915, p. 20)

Private John Muriwai, who died on Trentham on Monday of measles and pneumonia, was the fourth brother of Mrs Woods, wife of Mrs G.H. Woods, interpreter, Whangarei. The deceased soldier, aged 22 years, was a resident of Waihou, Hokianga, and arrangements have been made for a military funeral. The body will arrive at Onerahi on Saturday by the Manaia", and it will be conveyed to Waihou via Otiria. Mr H. Muriwai, father of the deceased, has arrived in Whangarei to meet the body. Another son, Tom Muriwai, is with the Maori troops in Malta." (Northern Advocate, 1 July 1915) AWMM

Memorial name

• Matakohe War Memorial, WW1, Matakohe, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  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

• Information kindly provided by family
• The New Zealand Herald
  8 July 1915, p9.
• Auckland Weekly News
  Obituary: 1 July 1915, p. 20.
• Northern Advocate
  Obituary:1 July 1915.
• 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.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.