James Danger

Forenames

James AWMM

Surname

Danger AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/575 AWMM
• WWI 16/575A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1893

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 August 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Greytown

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 August 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Hiu te Miha Danger and Te Iwi Ngaro Hiu, of Greytown

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 August 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-danger

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Greytown, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Eria te Whaiti (aunt), Greytown, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/575 AWMM
• WWI 16/575A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Hiu te Miha Danger and Te Iwi Ngaro Hiu, of Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand

Serial Number appears as 16/575 in Nominal Rolls, as 16/575A in Archives New Zealand and CWGC

Next of Kin: Mrs Eria te Whaiti, Greytown (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

3 Sept 1917 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM VI. A. 12. AWMM

Memorial name

• Memorial gates, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial trees, 117 lime trees, Avenue of Remembrance, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20995185
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130591.html
  Further Reference
• Greytown Memorial Park
  http://www.greytown.co.nz/thingstodo/park.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Greytown war memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/greytown-war-memorial
  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

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 172
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.