Kahi Takimoana Harawira

Forenames

Kahi Takimoana AWMM

Surname

Harawira AWMM

Also known as

Kahi Harawira AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/322 AWMM
• WWII 39652 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Ruawhe Ereatara & Maraea Hone Haawe HARAWIRA

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre Oct 1914 AWMM Te Kao, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Vocational guidance officer/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

• WW2 Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Takimoana Harawira (father), Te Kao, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mrs Arapira Harawira (wife), The Vicarage, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Pre 1940 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• Husband of Arapera Wipere Kaiora Harawira
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War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/322 AWMM
• WWII 39652 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

• Reserve AWMM
• Territorial Force AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Africa Star AWMM
• Defence Medal AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 17 Oct 1914 Military personnel file Linesman/Civilian Military personnel file
• WW2 14 Feb 1940 Military personnel file
  Age  47 AWMM
  Clergyman/Civilian Military personnel file

Embarkation details

• WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Sergeant AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM
• WW2 Vessel was Unknown Ship AWMM Chaplain Class IV (Captain)/Military Military personnel file 28 (Maori) Battalion, Headquarters Military personnel file Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• 4 Mar 1916 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
  Admitted hospital, appendicitis AWMM
• 10 Feb 1916 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
  Admitted hospital, pulmonary trouble AWMM
• Sep 1916 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
  Invalided to New Zealand on HT Willochra AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 14 Nov 1916 Military personnel file
  No longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service. AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file
• WW2 Major/Military Military personnel file
  28 (Maori) Battalion Military personnel file

Served three years as Chaplain to the 28th Battalion during the Second World War.

A copy of a letter relating to Sergeant Harawira is in the manuscript collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2004/89.

His father, Takimoana Harawira, was honoured with commemoration on a memorial in Te Kao, but did not serve. AWMM

Death

22 Sept 1963 Military personnel file
Age  71 AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Te Ao Hou, No.45 (December 1963) AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24059676
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24098349
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20949929
  Further Reference
• Obituary: Te Ao Hou No. 45 (December 1963).URL:
  http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao45TeA/c31.html
  Further Reference
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/kahi-takimoana-harawira
  Further Reference
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 301
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 78
• Auckland Returned Services Association, Onehunga Branch. Papers relating to World Wars I and II. 1916 - 1918, 1933 - 1944. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2004/89.
• Unknown, photographer (1915-1916). [Agnes (Peggy) Williams photograph album]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-2017-2-3.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.