Te Rehe Amohanga
Born 9 Nov 1892 - Died 4 Jul 1977
- Service number
- WWI 16/432 AWMM
- Also known as
- Rehe Amohanga AWMM
- Rehe Rewi Maniapoto Amohanga AWMM
- Brownie Nikora AWMM
- Te Rehe Paraone Te Amohanga AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Te Rehe AWMM
- Surname
- Amohanga AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Rehe Amohanga AWMM
- Rehe Rewi Maniapoto Amohanga AWMM
- Brownie Nikora AWMM
- Te Rehe Paraone Te Amohanga AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/432 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM
- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 9 Nov 1892 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
- Hangatiki, King CountryPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KLXM-513/te-rehe-paraone-te-amohanga-1894-1977
- Birth notes
- Son of Te Amohanga Te Hauparoa & Ereni Werawera HetetPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KLXM-513/te-rehe-paraone-te-amohanga-1894-1977
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Te Amohanga Hauparoa, Hangatiki, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
- 20 Feb 1918 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
Barbara Anne Jane Haywood AWMM - 1918 Te Rehe AMOHANGA married Barbara Ann Jane HAYWOOD in EnglandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KLXM-513/te-rehe-paraone-te-amohanga-1894-1977
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1914-1918 AWMM Battles of Ypres AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/432 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- 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
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
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
April 1918 severe gunshot wound to shoulder AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 23 May 1919 AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Attended Wesley College, was a noted Rugby player. Husband of Barbara Anne Jane married Registry Office, Wandsworth District, 20 February 1918.
Served 4 years 217 days; of which 4 years 70 days were overseas.
Tuheka Hetet wrote from the front in August 1915 describing recent fighting involving the Māori Contingent. He notes that Te Rehe Amohanga (“Brownie”) was among those who remained in good health following a series of engagements, including a night attack on Turkish positions that secured ground through close bayonet fighting. Hetet records heavy casualties within the contingent, with many men wounded and numbers significantly reduced. His account highlights both the intensity of the fighting and the continued service of Ngāti Maniapoto men alongside wider New Zealand forces.
Source: “Letter from the Front,” King Country Chronicle, 27 October 1915.
Rehe Te Amohanga went to Parliament to make a submission to a Select Committee. In front of them all, he took off his medals and threw them in the rubbish bin, shocking the committee. He stated that this is what these medals mean for returned Māori soldiers because they never received the same benefits as non-Māori. After the committee finished, and before making their findings public, they went to visit Rehe at his home in the King Country. They informed him that Māori returned soldiers would now have the same benefits as non-Māori and the chairperson presented him with his medals again.
Father of P/O Kiwi Ernest Amohanga, RNZAF NZ425492 who served during World War II. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 4 Jul 1977 AWMM
- 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
- Kihikihi Cemetery AWMM
- 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
- WWI Roll of Honour, Ngāti Maniapoto's Memorial Flag Pole, Te Tokanganui-a-Noho, Te Kūiti AWMM
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20543609
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271003
Further Reference - Denise Irvine, 'Waikato Maori at the front', www.stuff.co.nz, 22 April 2015
https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/67959573/waikato-maori-at-the-front
Further Reference - Territorial Force - Te Rehe Amohanga - 2nd Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers [WWI 16/432 - Army]
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22204724
Further Reference - GENERAL ELECTIONS, Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6226, 6 May 1946, Page 4
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAWC19460506.2.22?
Further Reference - Family Search Profile (KLXM-513)
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KLXM-513/te-rehe-paraone-te-amohanga-1894-1977
Further Reference - THE MAORI RUGBY TEAM, Otago Daily Times, Issue 17612, 30 April 1919, Page 8
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19190430.2.97
Further Reference - THE TOURING MAORI RUGBY TEAM. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17098, 21 July 1923, Page 9
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19230721.2.92.1
Further Reference - May 31 - 1919 Maori Pioneer Battalion v Canterbury. New Zealand Rugby Museum.
https://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/stories/on-this-day-in-new-zealand-rugby/may-on-this-day/may-31-1919-maori-pioneer-battalion-v-canterbury
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 - LETTER FROM THE FRONT. King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 817, 27 October 1915, Page 5
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/KCC19151027.2.17
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 12 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Roa, T., Paki, M., & Pūrekireki Marae. (2015). Maiea te tupua : whānau accounts of Waikato-Maniapoto World War One veterans and one conscriptee : commemorating 100 years of World War One. Pirongia : Pūrekireki Marae.
- McClintock, K., Turner, K., Searancke, M., Manawaiti, S., Meredith, P. (2024). Ngāti Maniapoto Ope Taua 1914 – 1918.
- New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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