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Hawea Kerei

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/396 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hawea AWMM
  • Surname
    Kerei AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/396 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1891 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1891 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Tokaanu, Taupo Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Potuatua Kerei Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tokaanu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Pohiahia Kerei, Tokaanu, via Waiouru, 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, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/396 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    23yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 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
    June 1917 - wounded left arm, admitted to hospital in France Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Sergeant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1936 Public Source
  • Date of death
    1936 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    43yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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: 390 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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19 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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