Hipa
Born 1885
- Service number
- WWI 16/1053 AWMM
- Also known as
- Peni Hipa AWMM
- Tipa Hipa AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
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- Surname
- Hipa AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Peni Hipa AWMM
- Tipa Hipa AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1053 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Protestant, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1885 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Hikutavake, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Tifa (wife), Hikutavake, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
- Husband of Tifa of Hikutavake, Niue IslandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 July 2024 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1053 AWMM
- Military service
- —
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 30 Sep 1915 AWMM Settler/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Navua AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Rarotongans, Attached B Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 8 Dec 1916 AWMM
No longer physically fit for war service AWMM
Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Hipa and Fokitifa; husband of Puakafa.
Four sons, brothers enlisted: Peni (16/1115), Hemu (16/1052), Hipa (16/1053) and Pulu (16/1107) (Pointer 2000, p. 16).
Departed Alofi, Niue Island on 14 October 1915.
Arrived Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand on 19 October 1915 (Pointer 2000, p. 18).
Sailed from Port Said, Egypt, to Marseilles, France, on board SS Canada on 9 April 1916. (Pointer 2000, p. 172)
Sailed from England to New Zealand on board HS Marama on 31 August 1916. (Pointer 2000, p. 175)
Arrived in Niue in December 1916. (Pointer 2000, p. 64)
"16/1102 Corporal Manatoa of Tuapa, 16/1119 Private Pakitau of Mutalau and 16/1053 Corporal Hipa of Hikutavake were hospitalized in late April and subsequently transferred by hospital train then hospital ship to England where Manatoa and Pakitau were reunited in the 2nd London General Hospital but Hipa spent more time alone in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Netley. When they were well enough to be discharged they were sent to Hornchurch where the Niueans were gathered prior to being returned to New Zealand." (Pointer 2000, p. 40)
Listed at Archives New Zealand as HIPA - WW1 16/1053 - Army and on CWGC as Peni Hipa AWMM - Mother's name is spelt 'Fukesifa'Public - Esther - Other relative - 25 April 2019 - Family
- Son of Hipa and Fokitifa; husband of Puakafa.
About death
- Death
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- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Wellington Provincial Memorial, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18048292
Sources Used
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 3 - Pointer, M. (2000). Tagi tote e loto haaku - My heart is crying a little : Niue Island involvement in the Great War, 1914-1918. Alofi, Niue ; Suva, Fiji: Government of Niue ; Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific.
Pointer, M. (2000). pp. 16, 18, 40, 41, 64, 94, 120, 166, 170, 172, 175. - Pointer, M. (2015). Niue 1774-1974 : 200 years of conflict and change. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 2: Includes portrait - Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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