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Charles Harry Pirika Hovell

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/548 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Charles Henry Pirika Hovell Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - NZ Archives - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Sergeant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Charles Harry Pirika AWMM
  • Surname
    Hovell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charles Henry Pirika Hovell Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - NZ Archives - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/548 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 October 1880 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    31 October 1880 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Coromandel, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Charles Woodward Hovell (JP), Kennedy's Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Cabbage Bay, Coromandel, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Labourer at Waihi Beach Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    C.W. Hovell, J.P., Kennedy's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian - Gallipoli & Mudros; Egyptian EF & Western European - France & Belgium Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/548 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
      London Gazette 11 July 1919, p8837, Rec No 3416 AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star
      British War Medal
      Victory Medal
      1919 - Mention in Despacthes (MiD) by Sir D Haig for Distinguished & Gallant Service & devotion to duty Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    10yrs in E Coy No 2 Btn Auckland Infantry Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    34yrs 3mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • The Hovell’s of Coromandel had five members who served in World War One, two of them serving in the Maori Contingent. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - http://www.thetreasury.org.nz/warpioneers.htm

Death

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  • Death
    2 March 1943 Public Source
  • Date of death
    2 March 1943 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Hauraki District Council's Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    62yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Hauraki District Council's Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Waihi, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Hauraki District Council's Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waihi Public Cemetery Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Hauraki District Council's Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Section: Ser; Block RSA; Lot 1 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 February 2016 - Hauraki District Council's Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R18050194
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 344 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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15 November 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
27 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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