Kohi Tatana Hemana

Forenames

Kohi Tatana AWMM

Surname

Hemana AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/444 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

28 Jul 1882 Public Source

Date of birth

28 July 1882

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Place of birth

Kaipara

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Birth notes

son of Tatana Hemana

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Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Pahi, Kaipara, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM

Next of kin

• Tatana Hemana (father), Batley, via Helensville, New Zealand AWMM
• Tatana Hemana, Batley, Kaipara, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 06 May 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/444 AWMM

Military service

1914-1919

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• 12 Nov 1914 at Avondale, Auckland
  19 Jan 1916 at Narrow Neck, Takapuna (returned to duty)
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Age on enlistment

1914: 32yrs 2mths

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Embarkation details

• WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM Not known AWMM
• WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded in shoulder 1915 AWMM
• Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM

SuppNom: Ex 1st Maori Contingent. AWMM

Death

31 Dec 1940 Public Source

Date of death

31 Dec 1940

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Age at death

59yrs

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Place of death

Auckland, NZ

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Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Cemetery name

Oruwharo Urupa, Port Albert, North Auckland

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Obituary

MR. K. T. HEMANA. WELL KNOWN SOCIAL WORKER. Noted for his indefatigable social work among the Maoris, Mr. K. T. Hemana died this morning at his home, 4 Harding Street, Auckland West, at the age of 59. Mr Hemana was a son of the late Chief Tatana Hemana of Oruawaharo and Aropaoa in the Kaipara district and was a member of the Ngatiwhatua tribe. He served in the Great War during 1914-18 and was invalided home twice, being at the time of his death a member of ihe Auckland Maori Returned Soldiers' Association. An apostle in the Ratana Church stationed in Auckland, Mr Hemana had acted as a mission worker and welfare officer among the Maori people of the city, where his work was well known and appreciated through wide circles. He was also chairman of the Tokerau (Northern Maori) district central Maori executive of the Labour party. Mr. Hemana is survived by his wife and a daughter by a former marriage as well as two young adopted children. His niece. Hinerupe Paraone, is the wife of Mr. P. K. Paikea. M.P. The body will lie in state at his home in Harding Street from this evening until to-morrow when it will be taken to the Oruawharo settlement near Port Albert, where the members of his tribe will gather to pay their respects. The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon.

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Related objects

External links

• Roll of Honour. (1915, August 27). Evening Post, p. 2. Retrieved from Papers Past.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21095497
  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

• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 321
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 26
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.